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Segment Information - General Corporate Expenses and Other Business Operations, Net (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Selling, general and administrative: |  |
Total selling, general and administrative | $ (28,191)us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | $ (27,658)us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income | 14,223 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 25,861 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Corporate [Member] |  |
Selling, general and administrative: |  |
Personnel costs | (2,602)us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (1,715)us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Fees and expenses relating to shareholders | (1,679)lxu_ActivistShareholderFeesAndExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (4,200)lxu_ActivistShareholderFeesAndExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Professional fees | (1,544)us-gaap_ProfessionalFees / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (1,188)us-gaap_ProfessionalFees / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
All other | (897)lxu_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeOther / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (591)lxu_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeOther / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Total selling, general and administrative | (6,722)us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (7,694)us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Other income | 24 us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncome / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | 23 us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncome / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Other expense | (49)us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember |
Operating income | $ (6,747)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | $ (7,671)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember

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- Definition Expenses and fees incurred evaluating and analyzing proposals received from certain activists shareholders and dealing, negotiating and settling with those shareholders in order to avoid a proxy contest. + References No definition available. + Details
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