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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges | Restructuring and other charges for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012 were comprised of the following:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Asset impairments |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 150 |  |  | $ | 139 |
Layoff costs |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 43 |
Other exit costs |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | 58 |
Reversals of previously recorded layoff and other exit costs |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | (33 | )
Restructuring and other charges |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 207 |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax | The pretax impact of allocating such charges to segment results would have been as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Alumina |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Primary Metals |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 212 |  |  |  | 145 |
Global Rolled Products |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | (11 | )
Engineered Products and Solutions |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 18 |
Segment total |  |  | 79 |  |  |  | 267 |  |  |  | 164 |
Corporate |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 43 |
Total restructuring and other charges |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 207 |
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, 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 |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | (54 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 130 |
Other* |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | (34 | ) |  |  | (58 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 77 |  |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 134 |
2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments |  |  | (44 | ) |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (57 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 60 |
Other* |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (26 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 111 |
* | Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2011, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $18 in environmental and $17 in asset retirement obligations, as these liabilities are included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for environmental remediation (see Note N) and asset retirement obligations (see Note C), respectively. In 2010, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $30 in asset retirement and $14 in environmental obligations, as these liabilities are included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation, respectively.

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