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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data | The following table sets forth certain quarterly financial data. The quarterly earnings (loss) per share amounts for a year will not add to the earnings per share for that year due to weighting of shares used in calculating per share data.
|  | Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2015 |
(In millions, except per share data) |  | Q1 |  |  | Q2 |  |  | Q3 |  |  | Q4 |
Net sales |  | $ | 784.6 |  |  | $ | 869.2 |  |  | $ | 827.5 |  |  | $ | 715.7 |
Gross margin |  |  | 103.9 |  |  |  | 123.5 |  |  |  | 112.8 |  |  |  | 36.1 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 22.1 |  |  |  | 43.1 |  |  |  | (811.7 | ) |  |  | (61.4 | )
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |  |  | (2.4 | ) |  |  | 22.8 |  |  |  | (798.2 | ) |  |  | (66.0 | )
Consolidated net income (loss) |  |  | (8.8 | ) |  |  | 21.9 |  |  |  | (792.5 | ) |  |  | (57.7 | )
Net income (loss) attributable to Axiall |  |  | (10.6 | ) |  |  | 20.6 |  |  |  | (769.6 | ) |  |  | (56.8 | )
Earnings (loss) per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.15 | ) |  | $ | 0.29 |  |  | $ | (10.90 | ) |  | $ | (0.80 | )
Diluted |  | $ | (0.15 | ) |  | $ | 0.29 |  |  | $ | (10.90 | ) |  | $ | (0.80 | )
|  | Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2014 |
|  | Q1 |  |  | Q2 |  |  | Q3 |  |  | Q4 |
Net sales |  | $ | 808.5 |  |  | $ | 974.9 |  |  | $ | 997.5 |  |  | $ | 861.6 |
Gross margin |  |  | 76.8 |  |  |  | 149.6 |  |  |  | 156.7 |  |  |  | 123.2 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  | 68.9 |  |  |  | 75.1 |  |  |  | 19.6 |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |  |  | (7.7 | ) |  |  | 37.7 |  |  |  | 48.2 |  |  |  | (0.2 | )
Consolidated net income (loss) |  |  | (10.6 | ) |  |  | 28.1 |  |  |  | 45.1 |  |  |  | (12.4 | )
Net income (loss) attributable to Axiall |  |  | (11.6 | ) |  |  | 27.2 |  |  |  | 44.5 |  |  |  | (13.8 | )
Earnings (loss) per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.17 | ) |  | $ | 0.39 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |  |  | $ | (0.20 | )
Diluted |  | $ | (0.17 | ) |  | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.63 |  |  | $ | (0.20 | )

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