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Inventories - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Climate Control Products [Member]    
Inventory [Line Items]    
Inventory reserves $ 1,653,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= lxu_ClimateControlProductsMember
$ 1,389,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= lxu_ClimateControlProductsMember
Chemical Products [Member]    
Inventory [Line Items]    
Inventory reserves $ 1,976,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= lxu_ChemicalProductsMember
$ 1,623,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= lxu_ChemicalProductsMember