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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract] |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES Additional information regarding accounts payable and accrued liabilities follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Accounts payable | $ | 2,144 |  |  | $ | 1,568 |
Salaries, wages and other compensation | 352 |  |  | 287 |
Commodity derivative contracts | 205 |  |  | 11 |
Accrued interest a | 210 |  |  | 35 |
Oil and gas royalty and revenue payable | 169 |  |  | — |
Pension, postretirement, postemployment and other employee benefits b | 161 |  |  | 140 |
Other accrued taxes | 142 |  |  | 92 |
Deferred revenue | 115 |  |  | 94 |
Rio Tinto's share of joint venture cash flows | 33 |  |  | 4 |
Other | 169 |  |  | 93 |
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 3,700 |  |  | $ | 2,324 |
a. | Third-party interest paid, net of capitalized interest, was $397 million in 2013, $111 million in 2012 and $225 million in 2011.
b. | Refer to Note 9 for long-term portion.

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