The Company - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 Operations Facility
Number of TiO2 operation facilities	3
Number of mining operations	3
Exxaro [Member]
Acquisition mineral sands operations	74.00%
Retained ownership interest of Exxaro and its subsidiaries	45.00%
Percentage of Tronox Limited's voting securities	44.40%
Period of transaction agreement	3 years
Tiwest Joint Venture [Member]
Percentage of outstanding voting securities of Tronox Limited	50.00%