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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2006
Dec. 31, 2013
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]      
Number of shares of stock options granted 489,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod    
Term of historical volatility of common stock 6 years    
Exercise price of Options $ 19.36us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice    
Stock option plans, options outstanding 955,848us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber   599,630us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Number of shares converted 1,900,000us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance    
Preferred Share Rights Plan [Member]      
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]      
Preferred share right plan description If a person or group acquires 15% or more of our common stock, each Right will entitle the holder (other than the person or group that triggered the Rights being exercisable) to purchase shares of our common stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash or other securities) having a market value of twice the exercise price of a Right at such time.    
Minimum percentage of ownership of common stock required to exercise preferred share rights 15.00%lxu_MinimumPercentageOfOwnershipOfCommonStockRequiredToExercisePreferredSharePurchaseRights
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Exercise price of Preferred Stock $47.75 per one one-hundredth of a share    
Redemption price preferred share rights $ 0.01lxu_PreferredShareRightRedemptionPricePerShare
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Maximum time for redemption after the Rights become exercisable 10 days    
Preferred share right exchange ratio 1.00lxu_ExchangeProportionOfCommonShare
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Minimum percentage of beneficial ownership of common stock to end preferred share rights exchange 50    
2008 Plan [Member]      
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]      
Number of common stock shares for issuance 1,975,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Minimum exercise price of stock option at grant date No less than 100% of the fair market value, as defined in the 2008 Plan, of the shares on the date of grant.    
Percentage of fair market value 100.00%lxu_ExercisePriceOfStockOptionAsPercentageOfFairMarketValue
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Maximum term of stock option 10 years    
Options vest at a percentage rate for first 5 years 16.50%lxu_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedAtPercentageRateForFirstFiveYears
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Options final year vesting End of the sixth year    
Total stock-based compensation expense not yet recognized, relating to non-vested stock options $ 9,072,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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Stock option plans, options outstanding 828,848us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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2008 Plan [Member] | Qualified Stock Option Plans [Member]      
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]      
Number of shares of stock options granted 489,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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2006 Options [Member]      
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]      
Number of shares of stock options granted   450,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Exercise price of Options   $ 8.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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Stock option plans, options outstanding 120,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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Stock options plan, options Exercisable 30,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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