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Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) (USD $)
Apr. 30, 2015
Jan. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross $ 12,061,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 10,914,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less - accumulated depreciation 4,455,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 4,396,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant and equipment, net 7,606,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 6,518,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land and Improvements [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 473,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovementsMember
473,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovementsMember
Building and Improvements [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 2,800,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember
2,800,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember
Furniture, Machinery and Equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 3,661,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= agx_FurnitureMachineryAndEquipmentMember
3,546,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= agx_FurnitureMachineryAndEquipmentMember
Trucks and Other Vehicles [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 1,398,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_VehiclesMember
1,437,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_VehiclesMember
Construction Project Costs Of Variable Interest Entity [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross $ 3,729,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= agx_ConstructionProjectCostsOfVariableInterestEntitiesMember
$ 2,658,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= agx_ConstructionProjectCostsOfVariableInterestEntitiesMember