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Debt (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2012
Mar. 27, 2012
May 05, 2010
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Total debt       $ 391,371,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 398,589,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt  
Current maturities, net of discount of $278 as of March 31, 2014       (962,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent (7,297,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent  
Total long-term debt       390,409,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 391,292,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent  
Unamortized discount, current maturities       0kem_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountCurrent 278,000kem_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountCurrent  
10.5% Senior Notes            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Total debt       357,461,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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358,144,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Proceeds from Issuance of Debt 15,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
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110,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
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230,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
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Stated interest rate (as a percent)     10.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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10.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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10.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Unamortized premium   6,100,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium
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  2,461,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium
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3,144,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium
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Advanced payment from OEM            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Total debt       0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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20,095,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Unamortized discount       0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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45,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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323,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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Revolving Line of Credit            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Total debt         18,449,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Other Debt Obligations [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Total debt       $ 462,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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$ 1,901,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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