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Segment Information Summarized Financial Information by Reportable Segments (Footnote) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Jan. 12, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Utilization of inventory markup | [1] | $ 154 | $ 48,186 |
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Inventory markup |  |  |  | $ 103,000
Utilization of inventory markup |  |  | 48,200 |
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Utilization of inventory markup |  | $ 200 | 40,300 |
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. | Equity in Net Income of Unconsolidated Investments |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Utilization of inventory markup |  |  | $ 7,900 |
[1] | In connection with the acquisition of Rockwood, the Company valued Rockwood’s existing inventory at fair value as of the Acquisition Closing Date, which resulted in a markup of the underlying net book value of the inventory totaling approximately $103 million. The inventory markup was expensed over the estimated remaining selling period. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, $0.2 million was included in Cost of goods sold related to the utilization of the inventory markup as a result of a measurement-period adjustment. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, $40.3 million was included in Cost of goods sold, and Equity in net income of unconsolidated investments was reduced by $7.9 million, respectively, related to the utilization of the inventory markup.

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