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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Reconciliation Of Information Used To Compute Basic And Diluted EPS |
|  | First quarter ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Alcoa common shareholders |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 309 |
Less: preferred stock dividends declared |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Income from continuing operations available to common equity |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 308 |
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Income from continuing operations available to Alcoa common shareholders – basic |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 307 |
Add: interest expense related to convertible notes |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |
Income from continuing operations available to Alcoa common shareholders – diluted |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 315 |
Average shares outstanding – basic |  |  | 1,066 |  |  |  | 1,052 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 9 |
Stock and performance awards |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 3 |
Convertible notes |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 89 |
Average shares outstanding – diluted |  |  | 1,164 |  |  |  | 1,153 |

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