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Restructuring And Other Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Restructuring And Other Charges |
Pro Forma Restructuring And Other Charges By Reportable Segment, Pretax |
|  | Third quarter ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Alumina |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Primary Metals |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 145 |
Flat-Rolled Products |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | (7 | )
Engineered Products and Solutions |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 22 |
Segment total |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 173 |
Corporate |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 46 |
Total restructuring and other charges |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 219 |
Activity And Reserve Balances For Restructuring Charges |
|  | Layoff costs |  |  | Other exit costs |  |  | Total |
Reserve balances at December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 226 |
2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments |  |  | (93 | ) |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (108 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 96 |
Other* |  |  | (57 | ) |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (98 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2010 |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 116 |
2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments |  |  | (32 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (38 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 32 |
Other* |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (13 | )
Reserve balances at September 30, 2011 |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 97 |

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