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Other income/ (expense) items - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 05, 2017 USD ($) | Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) facility
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Profit on sale of redundant site |  |  | $ 0.4 | $ 2.1 | $ 0.0
Changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  | 0.0 | 0.6 | 18.0
Curtailment credit arising from changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.3
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 12.1 | 0.4 | 21.8
Losses on litigation settlements |  |  | 3.5 | 0.6 | $ 0.5
Number of facilities closure during rationalization of operations | facility |  |  |  |  | 2
Litigation costs |  |  | 1.9 |  |
Direct listing costs |  |  | 2.3 | 0.0 | $ 0.0
Non-current asset impairments |  |  | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0
Receivable impairment provision |  |  | 0.0 | (1.2) | 0.0
I.P.O. related share based compensation charges |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | (0.1)
Merger and acquisition costs |  |  | (0.9) | (0.3) | (2.0)
Gain on bargain purchase |  |  | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0
Merger and acquisition related costs, excluding legal costs |  |  |  |  | 1.8
Merger and acquisition legal costs |  |  |  |  | 0.2
Remeasurement of deferred contingent consideration |  |  | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0
Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 5.5 |  |
Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 6.6 |  |
Investment impairment | Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 2.2 |  |
Discontinue of Advanced Oxygen System product line | Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 2.1 |  |
Exit of Luxfer HEI business | Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 1.0 |  |
Sales of inventory previously written-down | Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | (0.4) |  |
Rationalization of Magtech operations | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 1.7 |  |
Asset write-downs |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  |  |  | 17.7
Asset write-downs | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 1.3 |  |
Onerous communications contract | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 0.6 |  |
Group-wide effort to reduce headcount and streamline management | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 3.0 |  |
Group-wide effort to reduce headcount and streamline management | Gas Cylinders |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 1.4 |  |
Other rationalization costs |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  | 0.4 |  |
Redundancy costs |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  |  |  | 2.2
Closure costs |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  |  |  | 1.7
Legal costs |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Expense of restructuring activities |  |  |  |  | 0.2
Non-U.K. |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Sale of deferred pensioner liabilities, amount |  |  |  | 10.0 |
Payment to certain deferred pensioners |  |  |  | 4.9 |
Curtailment credit arising from changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0
U.K. |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Actuarial gains on financial assumptions |  |  |  |  | 14.9
Curtailment credit arising from changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3
Advisory costs related to changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  |  | 0.2
Litigation settlement |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Losses on litigation settlements |  | $ 1.6 |  |  |
Czech | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-current asset impairments |  |  | 2.2 |  |
North America |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Profit on sale of redundant site |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  | 0.6 | 0.0
North America | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-current asset impairments |  |  | 0.9 |  |
United Kingdom |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Profit on sale of redundant site |  |  | 0.4 | 2.1 |
Changes to defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  | $ 0.0 | $ 18.0
United Kingdom | Elektron |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-current asset impairments |  |  | 0.6 |  |
Speciality Metals business of ESM Group Inc |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Merger and acquisition costs | $ (0.5) |  | (0.5) |  |
Environment costs | 0.4 |  | 0.4 |  |
Consideration transferred, acquisition-date fair value |  |  | 4.6 |  |
Net assets acquired | $ 5.8 |  | 5.8 |  |
Gain on bargain purchase |  |  | $ 1.2 |  |

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