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Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information - Additional Information (Details) | Jan. 12, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Subsequent Event | Four Point Six Two Five Percent Senior Notes |  |
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 4.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = alb_FourPointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember |
Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items] |  |
Ownership percentage |  | 100.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember

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