Consolidated Statements of Operations of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 336,007	$ 384,714
Cost of sales	245,815	286,745
Gross profit	90,193	97,969
Selling, general and administrative expenses	44,519	55,577
Research and development costs	4,956	5,129
Other expenses, net	3,175	2,475
Restructuring expenses	0	89
Income from operations	37,543	34,699
Interest and other financial expense, net	9,610	6,443
Reclassification of actuarial losses from AOCI	2,398	0
Income from operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies	25,534	28,256
Income tax expense	7,635	9,439
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax	133	137
Net income	$ 18,032	$ 18,954
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands of shares):
Basic (in shares)	60,276	59,518
Diluted (in shares)	61,391	61,113
Earnings per share:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 0.30	$ 0.32
Diluted (in USD per share)	0.29	0.31
Dividends per share (in USD per share)	$ 0.20	$ 0.20