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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 3 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Basic Management, Inc. USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 Chemicals USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 France USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 France USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2012 France | Dec. 31, 2012 Taiwan USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Proposed adjustment to certain foreign tax liabilities CAD | Dec. 31, 2013 Proposed adjustment to certain foreign tax liabilities Maximum USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | Dec. 31, 2013 Kronos Worldwide, Inc. German corporate USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Trade tax purposes USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Belgian corporate tax purposes USD ($)
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Surtax on dividend distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Distributed dividend |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 8.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings of foreign subsidiaries subject to permanent reinvestment plan |  | 900.0 | 1,000.0 |  |  |  |  | 11.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net incremental tax benefit | 11.1 |  |  |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax related to non-cash dividend distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Provision for income taxes |  |  |  | 17.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Letter of credit collateralized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  |  |
Potential tax liability full amount for the proposed adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.7 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits impact on effective tax rate |  | 29.2 | 27.9 | 23.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) in unrecognized tax benefits |  | 8.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued interest and penalties during the period |  | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued interest and penalties end of the period |  | 5.0 | 4.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 842 | 127 | 102
Deferred income tax asset valuation allowance |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  | 32.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Controlling interest in subsidiary |  |  |  |  | 63.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80.00% |  |  |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ (91.0) | $ 104.8 | $ 169.9 | $ 11.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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