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1031 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)
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Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
 
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges

Restructuring and other charges for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016 were comprised of the following:

 

      2016     2015     2014  

Asset impairments

   $ 155     $ 311     $ 328  

Asset retirement obligations

     97       76       87  

Layoff costs

     32       199       157  

Environmental remediation

     26       86       28  

Legal matters in Italy (R)

     -       201       -  

Net (gain) loss on divestitures of businesses (C)

     (3     25       214  

Other

     47       92       66  

Reversals of previously recorded layoff and other exit costs

     (36     (7     (17

Restructuring and other charges

   $ 318     $ 983     $ 863  
* In 2016, 2015, and 2014, Other includes $1, $32, and $23, respectively, related to the allocation of restructuring charges to Alcoa Corporation from ParentCo (see Note A).
 
 
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax

Alcoa Corporation does not include Restructuring and other charges in the results of its reportable segments. The impact of allocating such charges to segment results would have been as follows:

 

      2016     2015      2014  

Bauxite

   $ 18     $ 16      $ -  

Alumina

     182       212        283  

Aluminum

     96       610        559  

Cast Products

     (1     2        (2

Energy

     23       84        -  

Rolled Products

     -       9        -  

Segment total

     318       933        840  

Corporate

     -       50        23  

Total restructuring and other charges

   $ 318     $ 983      $ 863  
 
 
Activity and Reserve Balances for Restructuring Charges

Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:

 

      Layoff
costs
    Other
exit costs
    Total  

Reserve balances at December 31, 2013

   $ 58     $ 14     $ 72  

2014:

      

Cash payments

     (120     (7     (127

Restructuring charges

     138       158       296  

Other*

     (26     (152     (178

Reserve balances at December 31, 2014

     50       13       63  

2015:

      

Cash payments

     (65     (1     (66

Restructuring charges

     199       423       622  

Other*

     (47     (420     (467

Reserve balances at December 31, 2015

     137       15       152  

2016:

      

Cash payments

     (74     (35     (109

Restructuring charges

     32       168       200  

Other*

     (57     (120     (177

Reserve balances at December 31, 2016

   $ 38     $ 28     $ 66  
* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2016, 2015, and 2014, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $16, $35, and $24, respectively, in pension and/or other postretirement benefits costs, as these obligations were included in Alcoa Corporation’s separate liability for pension and other postretirement benefits obligations (see Note N). Additionally in 2016, 2015, and 2014, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $97, $76, and $87, respectively, in asset retirement and $26, $86, and $28, respectively, in environmental obligations, as these liabilities were included in Alcoa Corporation’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations (see Note Q) and environmental remediation (see Note R).