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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Earliest redemption date Aug. 01, 2016  
Loss on extinguishment of debt   $ (1,296,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
First Priority Secured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Carrying value of the assets 607,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCollateralAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_FirstPrioritySecuredNotesMember
 
Second Priority Secured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Carrying value of the assets 136,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCollateralAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_SecondPrioritySecuredNotesMember
 
7.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt instrument, interest rate 7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SevenPointSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SevenPointSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
Maturity year 2019 2019
Maturity date Aug. 01, 2019  
Offering date Aug. 07, 2013  
Aggregate principal amount of notes sold 425,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SevenPointSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
 
Debt instrument, frequency of interest payment Interest is to be paid semiannually on February 1st and August 1st  
Number of unsecured guarantors 2lxu_NumberOfUnsecuredGuarantors
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SevenPointSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
 
Secured Promissory Note [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Secured Promissory Note, interest rate 3.23%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredPromissoryNoteMember
3.23%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredPromissoryNoteMember
Maturity date Feb. 01, 2016  
Proceeds of the Secured Promissory Note 35,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSecuredNotesPayable
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredPromissoryNoteMember
 
Purchase price of business acquisition 50,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredPromissoryNoteMember
 
Secured Promissory Notes, interest rate description Principal and interest are payable monthly based on a five-year amortization at a defined LIBOR rate plus 300 basis points  
Final balloon payment 15,300,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentTermsBalloonPaymentToBePaid
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredPromissoryNoteMember
 
Other [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Weighted-average interest rate of other debt 4.22%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_OtherLongTermDebtMember
4.22%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_OtherLongTermDebtMember
Senior Secured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Change in control purchase price 101.00%lxu_ChangeOfControlPurchasePrice
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
 
Secured Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Repayment of outstanding borrowings 67,200,000lxu_RepaymentOfOutstandingBorrowingsGross
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredTermLoanMember
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt 1,300,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lxu_SecuredTermLoanMember
 
Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Amended maximum amount of revolving credit facility 100,000,000lxu_AmendedMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Maturity date Apr. 13, 2018  
Description of interest rate of revolving credit facility Interest at a base rate (generally equivalent to the prime rate) plus 0.50% if borrowing availability is greater than $25.0 million, otherwise plus 0.75% or, at our option, accrues interest at LIBOR plus 1.50% if borrowing availability is greater than $25.0 million, otherwise LIBOR plus 1.75%  
Line of credit facility, interest rate 3.75%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Letters of credit maximum capacity 15,000,000lxu_LetterOfCreditMaximumCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Amount available for borrowing 71,100,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Fees expressed as percentage for unused letters of credit 1.00%lxu_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedLetterOfCreditFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Fees expressed as percentage for unused revolving credit facility 0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
 
Amended working capital revolver loan requirements A minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.10 to 1, if at any time the excess availability (as defined by the Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan), under the Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan, is less than or equal to $12.5 million  
Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member] | Covenants [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Loan requirements description Equal to or greater than the greater of (x) 20% of the maximum revolver commitment or (y) $20 million  
Limit of distributions/dividends 500,000lxu_DistributionDividendLimit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_CovenantsMember
 
Limit of treasury stock acquisition 500,000lxu_TreasuryStockAcquisitionLimit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_CovenantsMember
 
Limit of joint ventures 35,000,000lxu_JointVentureLimit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_CovenantsMember
 
Limit of Other Investments 50,000,000lxu_OtherInvestmentLimit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lxu_AmendedWorkingCapitalRevolverMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lxu_CovenantsMember
 
Events of default description Any material misstatement or misrepresentation and breaches of representations and warranties made, violations of covenants, cross-payment default to indebtedness in excess of $2.5 million, cross-acceleration to indebtedness in excess of $2.5 million, bankruptcy and insolvency events, certain unsatisfied judgments, certain liens, and certain assertions of, or actual invalidity of, certain loan documents  
Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Notice period of senior secured notes to be redeemed Not less than 30 days  
Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Notice period of senior secured notes to be redeemed Nor more than 60 days