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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 10, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Operable_Unit
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]      
Letters of credit contingently liable   $ 456,000sli_LossContingencyForLettersOfCredit $ 473,000sli_LossContingencyForLettersOfCredit
Number of operable units   2sli_NumberOfOperableUnits  
Damages sought, value 18,000,000sli_DamagesSoughtValue    
Total environmental accruals   16,499,000us-gaap_EnvironmentalExitCostsCostsAccruedToDate 16,859,000us-gaap_EnvironmentalExitCostsCostsAccruedToDate
Environmental accrual, long-term portion   7,195,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent 7,384,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
Pennsauken Site (OU-1 and OU-2) [Member]      
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]      
Payment for past cost as per agreement installment amount   2,141,000sli_PaymentForPastCostAsPerAgreementInstallmentAmount
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationContingencyAxis
= sli_PennsaukenSiteOperationalUnitOneAndOperationalUnitTwoMember
 
Payment for past cost as per agreement aggregate amount   10,705,000sli_PaymentForPastCostAsPerAgreementAggregateAmount
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationContingencyAxis
= sli_PennsaukenSiteOperationalUnitOneAndOperationalUnitTwoMember
 
Number of equal payments   5sli_NumberOfEqualInstallments
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationContingencyAxis
= sli_PennsaukenSiteOperationalUnitOneAndOperationalUnitTwoMember
 
Payment related to obligation   4,396,000sli_PaymentMadeRelatedToObligation
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationContingencyAxis
= sli_PennsaukenSiteOperationalUnitOneAndOperationalUnitTwoMember
 
Description of payment period   The third payment is scheduled to be made on June 1, 2015. The fourth and fifth payments will be made on the anniversary of the prior year's payment plus ten days  
Financial Assurance [Member]      
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]      
Letters of credit contingently liable   $ 6,423,000sli_LossContingencyForLettersOfCredit
/ us-gaap_OtherCommitmentsAxis
= sli_FinancialAssuranceMember
$ 6,423,000sli_LossContingencyForLettersOfCredit
/ us-gaap_OtherCommitmentsAxis
= sli_FinancialAssuranceMember
SurfTech [Member]      
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]      
Number of sites   3sli_NumberOfSites
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= sli_SurftechMember
 
Number of sites owned by the Company   2sli_NumberOfSitesOwned
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= sli_SurftechMember