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2425408 - Disclosure - Segment and Geographic Area Information Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Details)
(http://www.albemarle.com/role/SegmentAndGeographicAreaInformationLongLivedAssetsByGeographicAreaDetails)
TableSchedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000915913 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
2014-12-31
Geographical [Axis]Geographical [Axis]Geographical [Axis]
United StatesChileNetherlandsJordanAustraliaBrazilGermanyChinaFranceKoreaUnited KingdomOther foreign countriesSegment, Geographical [Domain]United StatesChileNetherlandsJordanAustraliaBrazilGermanyChinaFranceKoreaUnited KingdomOther foreign countriesSegment, Geographical [Domain]United StatesChileNetherlandsJordanAustraliaBrazilGermanyChinaFranceKoreaUnited KingdomOther foreign countriesSegment, Geographical [Domain]
Long-lived assets
850,689,000  
922,878,000  
145,917,000  
227,222,000  
288,553,000  
46,380,000  
117,027,000  
31,564,000  
39,470,000  
65,963,000  
3,665,000  
54,271,000  
2,793,599,000  
800,214,000  
916,965,000  
155,128,000  
230,460,000  
280,222,000  
39,299,000  
137,890,000  
4,773,000  
39,344,000  
72,685,000  
3,665,000  
55,234,000  
2,735,879,000  
698,863,000  
0  
167,965,000  
227,805,000  
0  
59,474,000  
75,813,000  
5,310,000  
37,347,000  
80,362,000  
3,665,000  
48,819,000  
1,405,423,000