Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Revenues and other income:
Net sales	$ 573.1	$ 415.7	$ 1,028.8	$ 772.5
Other income, net	8.8	3.9	25.6	31.9
Total revenues and other income	581.9	419.6	1,054.4	804.4
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	372.4	326.3	679.2	617.0
Selling, general and administrative	79.1	58.1	140.4	116.4
Loss on prepayment of debt			3.3
Litigation settlement and contract termination				33.3
Interest	15.9	17.0	33.1	34.4
Total costs and expenses	467.4	401.4	856.0	801.1
Income before income taxes	114.5	18.2	198.4	3.3
Provision for income taxes (benefit)	41.6	11.8	72.3	(18.2)
Net income	72.9	6.4	126.1	21.5
Noncontrolling interest in net income of subsidiaries	20.5	1.9	35.7	3.4
Net income attributable to Valhi Stockholders	$ 52.4	$ 4.5	$ 90.4	$ 18.1
Amounts attributable to Valhi stockholders:
Basic and diluted earnings per share	$ 0.46	$ 0.04	$ 0.79	$ 0.14
Cash dividends per share	$ 0.125	$ 0.10	$ 0.225	$ 0.20
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding	114.0	114.3	114.1	114.3