Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum Payments under Non-cancellable Operating Leases (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Future Minimum Payments Under Non Cancelable Operating Leases With Initial Terms Of One Year Or More [Line Items]
Future minimum lease payments	$ 55.4
Leverkusen TiO2 production facility \| Chemicals
Future Minimum Payments Under Non Cancelable Operating Leases With Initial Terms Of One Year Or More [Line Items]
Future minimum lease payments	$ 16.0

Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 40
-Subparagraph (Note 3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584154&loc=d3e38371-112697

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717

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