XML 75 R24.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v2.4.0.6

Business Interruption Insurance Claim and Recovery | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2011
Business Interruption Insurance Claim and Recovery [Abstract] |
Business Interruption Insurance Claim and Recovery | 16. Business Interruption Insurance Claim and Recovery In June 2010, a pipe failure in the primary reformer of the ammonia plant at the Pryor Facility resulted in a fire that damaged the ammonia plant. The fire was immediately extinguished and there were no injuries. As a result of this damage, the Pryor Facility was unable to produce anhydrous ammonia or UAN during substantially all of third quarter of 2010. Our insurance policy provides for business interruption coverage for certain lost profits and extra expense with a 30-day waiting period. Therefore, we filed an insurance claim for business interruption. During 2011, we recognized an insurance recovery of $8,605,000 relating to this business interruption claim, which was recorded as a reduction to cost of sales. As of December 31, 2011, we do not have any remaining insurance claims associated with our business interruption coverage relating to this event.

X
- Definition A block of text that may be used to disclose all or part of the information relating to business interruption and property insurance claims. This may include the nature of the event resulting in the insurance claim, the aggregate amount of insurance recoveries recognized during the period, and the line item(s) in the statement of operations in which those insurance recoveries are classified. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | lxu_BusinessInterruptionAndPropertyInsuranceClaimsTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | lxu_
Data Type: | xbrli:normalizedStringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | lxu_BusinessInterruptionInsuranceClaimAndRecoveryAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | lxu_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration