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Segment Information | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information | H. Segment Information – The operating results of Alcoa's reportable segments were as follows (differences between segment totals and consolidated totals are in Corporate):
|  | Alumina |  |  | Primary Metals |  |  | Global Rolled Products* |  |  | Engineered Products and Solutions |  |  | Total |
First quarter ended March 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party sales |  | $ | 775 |  |  | $ | 1,944 |  |  | $ | 1,845 |  |  | $ | 1,390 |  |  | $ | 5,954 |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 617 |  |  |  | 761 |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,422 |
Total sales |  | $ | 1,392 |  |  | $ | 2,705 |  |  | $ | 1,889 |  |  | $ | 1,390 |  |  | $ | 7,376 |
Profit and loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity income (loss) |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2 | )
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | 135 |  |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 346 |
Income taxes |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 107 |
After-tax operating income (ATOI) |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 96 |  |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | 296 |
First quarter ended March 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party sales |  | $ | 810 |  |  | $ | 1,980 |  |  | $ | 1,892 |  |  | $ | 1,247 |  |  | $ | 5,929 |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 633 |  |  |  | 839 |  |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,541 |
Total sales |  | $ | 1,443 |  |  | $ | 2,819 |  |  | $ | 1,961 |  |  | $ | 1,247 |  |  | $ | 7,470 |
Profit and loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity income |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 340 |
Income taxes |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 192 |
ATOI |  |  | 142 |  |  |  | 202 |  |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 555 |
* | In the first quarter of 2012, Alcoa changed the name of the Flat-Rolled Products segment to the Global Rolled Products segment
The following table reconciles total segment ATOI to consolidated net income attributable to Alcoa:
|  | First quarter ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Total segment ATOI |  | $ | 296 |  |  | $ | 555 |
Unallocated amounts (net of tax): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impact of LIFO |  |  | — |  |  |  | (24 | )
Interest expense |  |  | (80 | ) |  |  | (72 | )
Noncontrolling interests |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (58 | )
Corporate expense |  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | (67 | )
Restructuring and other charges |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
Discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Other |  |  | (46 | ) |  |  | (19 | )
Consolidated net income attributable to Alcoa |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 308 |
Items required to reconcile total segment ATOI to consolidated net income attributable to Alcoa include: the impact of LIFO inventory accounting; interest expense; noncontrolling interests; corporate expense (general administrative and selling expenses of operating the corporate headquarters and other global administrative facilities, along with depreciation and amortization on corporate-owned assets); restructuring and other charges; discontinued operations; and other items, including intersegment profit eliminations and other metal adjustments, differences between tax rates applicable to the segments and the consolidated effective tax rate, the results of the soft alloy extrusions business in Brazil, and other nonoperating items such as foreign currency transaction gains/losses and interest income.

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