Consolidated Statements of Operations of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 202,648	$ 399,016	$ 538,655	$ 783,730
Cost of sales	168,704	294,978	414,518	581,723
Gross profit	33,944	104,038	124,137	202,007
Selling, general and administrative expenses	38,547	52,117	83,066	107,694
Research and development costs	4,449	4,914	9,405	10,043
Other expenses, net	3,826	4,503	7,002	6,978
Restructuring expenses	0	1,034	0	1,123
Income/(loss) from operations	(12,879)	41,470	24,664	76,169
Interest and other financial expense, net	8,277	7,566	17,888	14,009
Reclassification of actuarial losses from AOCI	2,654	0	5,052	0
Income/(loss) from operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies	(23,810)	33,904	1,724	62,160
Income tax expense/(benefit)	(5,879)	9,309	1,756	18,748
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax	151	153	285	290
Net income/(loss)	$ (17,780)	$ 24,748	$ 253	$ 43,702
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands of shares):
Basic (in shares)	60,487	59,984	60,361	59,752
Diluted (in shares)	61,263	61,125	61,307	61,119
Earnings/(loss) per share:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ (0.30)	$ 0.41	$ 0	$ 0.73
Diluted (in USD per share)	(0.29)	0.40	0	0.72
Dividends per share (in USD per share)	$ 0	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.40