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Business Consolidation and Other Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2016
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | $ (41) |  | $ 28 | $ (96) | $ (239)
Currency exchange contracts |  |  | 1 |  | 1
Senior Notes 4.375 Percent, due December 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt |  |  | 1,000 |  | 1,000
Ball Corporation |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (14) |  | 770 | (64) | 510
Other |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (26) |  | 48 | (87) | (198)
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, North And Central America |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (7) |  | (3) | (11) | (6)
Charges for insignificant items | 3 |  | 3 | 4 | 6
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, North And Central America | Reidsville North Carolina Plant |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Plant closure costs | 4 |  |  | 7 |
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, South America |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (3) |  | (9) |  | (9)
Charges for insignificant items | 1 |  |  | 2 |
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, South America | Rexam |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Professional services and other costs | 2 |  | 9 | 2 |
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, Europe |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (4) |  | (5) | (7) | (9)
Charges for insignificant items | 4 |  | 2 | 5 | 2
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, Europe | Rexam |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Professional services and other costs |  |  | 3 | 2 | 7
Operating Segments | Food and aerosol packaging |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities | (1) |  | (3) | 9 | (17)
Charges for insignificant items | 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 6
Other income from insignificant activities | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Operating Segments | Food and aerosol packaging | Weirton West Virginia Plant |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Plant closure costs comprised of employee severance, pension and other benefits, asset impairments and facility shut down and disposal costs |  |  | 2 |  | 11
Operating Segments | Food and aerosol packaging | Weirton West Virginia Plant | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Facility shutdown costs and accelerated depreciation | 2 |  |  | 5 |
Operating Segments | Food and aerosol packaging | Hubbard Ohio Plant |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on dispositions |  | $ 15 |  |  |
Corporate and other |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Charges for insignificant items |  |  |  | 12 | 3
Professional services and other costs |  |  | 1 |  |
Foreign currency unrealized loss |  |  |  |  | 4
Corporate and other | Rexam |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Professional services and other costs |  |  | 53 | 10 | 77
Recognized gains (losses) associated with collar and option contracts |  |  | (91) |  | 179
Compensation arrangement expense |  |  | 71 | 17 | 71
Corporate and other | Cross-currency swap |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency unrealized loss |  |  | 32 |  |
Corporate and other | Senior Notes 4.375 Percent, due December 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt |  |  | 1 |  | 1
Corporate and other | Other |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Charges for insignificant items | 6 |  |  |  |
Corporate and other | Other | Rexam |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Professional services and other costs | 5 |  |  |  |
Compensation arrangement expense | 8 |  |  |  |
Divestment Business | Corporate and other | Rexam |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation losses |  |  | 99 |  | 195
Divestment Business | Corporate and other | Ball Corporation | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  | $ 331 |  | $ 331
Expense of indemnifications of uncertain tax positions | $ 7 |  |  | 34 |
Adjustment to gain on sale of Divestment Business |  |  |  | $ (14) |

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