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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
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,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Accounts payable | $ | 2,439 |  |  | $ | 2,144 |
Salaries, wages and other compensation | 373 |  |  | 352 |
Accrued interest a | 166 |  |  | 210 |
Other accrued taxes | 137 |  |  | 142 |
Pension, postretirement, postemployment and other employee benefits b | 106 |  |  | 161 |
Deferred revenue | 105 |  |  | 115 |
Oil and gas royalty and revenue payable | 76 |  |  | 169 |
Rio Tinto's share of joint venture cash flows | 29 |  |  | 33 |
Commodity derivative contracts | 43 |  |  | 205 |
Other | 179 |  |  | 177 |
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 3,653 |  |  | $ | 3,708 |
a. | Third-party interest paid, net of capitalized interest, was $637 million in 2014, $397 million in 2013 and $111 million in 2012.
b. | Refer to Note 9 for long-term portion.

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