ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Additional information regarding accounts payable and accrued liabilities follows:

	December 31,
	2013		2012
Accounts payable	$	2,144	$	1,568
Salaries, wages and other compensation	352		287
Commodity derivative contracts	205		11
Accrued interesta	210		35
Oil and gas royalty and revenue payable	169		—
Pension, postretirement, postemployment and other employee benefitsb	161		140
Other accrued taxes	142		92
Deferred revenue	115		94
Rio Tinto's share of joint venture cash flows	33		4
Other	169		93
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	3,700	$	2,324

a. Third-party interest paid, net of capitalized interest, was $397 million in 2013, $111 million in 2012 and $225 million in 2011.

b. Refer to Note 9 for long-term portion.