Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues and other income:
Net sales	$ 584.1	$ 413.2	$ 1,612.9	$ 1,185.7
Other income, net	21.1	17.7	46.7	49.6
Total revenues and other income	605.2	430.9	1,659.6	1,235.3
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	371.4	313.1	1,050.6	930.1
Selling, general and administrative	69.1	58.5	209.5	174.9
Loss (gain) on prepayment of debt, net	(0.1)		3.2
Litigation settlement and contract termination				33.3
Assets held for sale write-down	1.1	0.5	1.1	0.5
Interest	15.2	16.7	48.3	51.1
Total costs and expenses	456.7	388.8	1,312.7	1,189.9
Income before income taxes	148.5	42.1	346.9	45.4
Provision for income taxes	55.4	24.0	127.7	5.8
Net income	93.1	18.1	219.2	39.6
Noncontrolling interest in net income of subsidiaries	21.6	3.7	57.3	7.1
Net income attributable to Valhi Stockholders	$ 71.5	$ 14.4	$ 161.9	$ 32.5
Amounts attributable to Valhi stockholders:
Basic and diluted earnings per share	$ 0.63	$ 0.13	$ 1.42	$ 0.27
Cash dividends per share	$ 0.125	$ 0.10	$ 0.35	$ 0.30
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding	114.0	114.3	114.0	114.3

Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770