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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Carrying Value of Recorded AROs by Major Category

The following table details the carrying value of recorded AROs by major category (of which $76 and $85 was classified as a current liability as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively):

December 31,		2014				2013
Spent pot lining disposal		$	170			$	182
Closure of bauxite residue areas			178				179
Mine reclamation			167				178
Demolition*			114				68
Landfill closure			31				18
Other			3				4
		$	663			$	629

* In 2014 and 2013, AROs were recorded as a result of management’s decision to permanently shut down and demolish certain structures (see Note D).

Schedule of Changes in Carrying Value of Recorded AROs

The following table details the changes in the total carrying value of recorded AROs:

December 31,		2014				2013
Balance at beginning of year		$	629			$	610
Accretion expense			25				24
Payments			(84	)			(71	)
Liabilities incurred			144				118
Divestitures*			(20	)			—
Foreign currency translation and other			(31	)			(52	)
Balance at end of year		$	663			$	629

* In 2014, this amount relates to the sale of an interest in a bauxite mine and alumina refinery in Jamaica and a smelter in the United States (see Note F).

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations.

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