Component: (Network and Table) | |
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Network | 2415403 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Activity in Recorded Environmental Liabilities (Detail) (http://www.albemarle.com/role/CommitmentsAndContingenciesActivityInRecordedEnvironmentalLiabilitiesDetail) |
Table | (Implied) |
Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000915913 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | Period [Axis] | |||
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2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31 | 2012-04-01 - 2012-06-30 | 2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31 | 2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31 | |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] | ||||
Balance, beginning of year | 20,322,000 | 12,359,000 | 13,806,000 | |
Expenditures | ( | ( | ( | |
Changes in estimates recorded to earnings and other | ( | ( | ||
Exit of phosphorus flame retardants business | 0 | 8,700,000 | 8,700,000 | 0 |
Foreign currency translation | ( | |||
Balance, end of year | 16,599,000 | 20,322,000 | 12,359,000 | |
Less amounts reported in Accrued expenses | ||||
Amounts reported in Other noncurrent liabilities | 9,213,000 1 | 17,213,000 1 | 10,926,000 |