Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:
| Layoff costs |
Other exit costs |
Total | ||||||||||
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Reserve balances at December 31, 2013 |
$ | 58 | $ | 14 | $ | 72 | ||||||
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2014: |
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|
Cash payments |
(120 | ) | (7 | ) | (127 | ) | ||||||
|
Restructuring charges |
138 | 158 | 296 | |||||||||
|
Other* |
(26 | ) | (152 | ) | (178 | ) | ||||||
|
Reserve balances at December 31, 2014 |
50 | 13 | 63 | |||||||||
|
2015: |
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|
Cash payments |
(65 | ) | (1 | ) | (66 | ) | ||||||
|
Restructuring charges |
199 | 423 | 622 | |||||||||
|
Other* |
(47 | ) | (420 | ) | (467 | ) | ||||||
|
Reserve balances at December 31, 2015 |
137 | 15 | 152 | |||||||||
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2016: |
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|
Cash payments |
(74 | ) | (35 | ) | (109 | ) | ||||||
|
Restructuring charges |
32 | 168 | 200 | |||||||||
|
Other* |
(57 | ) | (120 | ) | (177 | ) | ||||||
|
Reserve balances at December 31, 2016 |
$ | 38 | $ | 28 | $ | 66 | ||||||
| * | Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2016, 2015, and 2014, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $16, $35, and $24, respectively, in pension and/or other postretirement benefits costs, as these obligations were included in Alcoa Corporation’s separate liability for pension and other postretirement benefits obligations (see Note N). Additionally in 2016, 2015, and 2014, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $97, $76, and $87, respectively, in asset retirement and $26, $86, and $28, respectively, in environmental obligations, as these liabilities were included in Alcoa Corporation’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations (see Note Q) and environmental remediation (see Note R). |