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Accounts and Other Receivables, Net (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net [Abstract] |
Components of Accounts and Other Receivables |
|  | December 31, 2011 |  |  | June 30, 2012 |
|  | (In millions) |
Trade accounts receivable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kronos |  | $ | 247.2 |  |  | $ | 391.7 |
CompX |  |  | 14.6 |  |  |  | 17.8 |
Other |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 1.5 |
VAT and other receivables |  |  | 22.2 |  |  |  | 25.0 |
Refundable income taxes |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.8 |
Receivable from affiliates – LPC |  |  | 29.6 |  |  |  | 20.0 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (1.7 | ) |  |  | (1.6 | )
Total |  | $ | 316.0 |  |  | $ | 457.2 |

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