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2420407 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Reconciliation of Total Gross Liability Related to Uncertain Tax Positions (Detail)
(http://www.albemarle.com/role/IncomeTaxesReconciliationOfTotalGrossLiabilityRelatedToUncertainTaxPositionsDetail)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000915913 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
 
 
 
Beginning Balance
95,715,000  
24,969,000  
29,143,000  
Acquisition of Rockwood
0  
124,758,000  
0  
Divestitures(a)
(55,881,000) 
0  
0  
Additions for tax positions related to prior years
548,000  
4,329,000  
0  
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years
(1,253,000) 
(46,211,000) 
(214,000) 
Additions for tax positions related to current year
1,271,000  
202,000  
2,232,000  
Lapses in statutes of limitations/settlements
(12,591,000) 
(6,736,000) 
(5,057,000) 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(2,425,000) 
(5,596,000) 
(1,135,000) 
Ending Balance
25,384,000  
 
95,715,000  
 
24,969,000