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Environmental Liability (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2009
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Site Contingency, Number of Potentially Responsible Parties 8lby_SiteContingencyNumberofPotentiallyResponsibleParties    
Accrued Environmental Loss Contingencies, Noncurrent   $ 1,000,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent $ 1,000,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
Syracuse China [Member]      
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Site Contingency, Number of Potentially Responsible Related Parties 1lby_SiteContingencyNumberofPotentiallyResponsibleRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lby_SyracuseChinaMember
   
Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member]      
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Site Contingency, Loss Exposure Not Accrued, Low Estimate   17,000,000us-gaap_SiteContingencyLossExposureNotAccruedLowEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
 
Site Contingency, Loss Exposure Not Accrued, High Estimate   24,800,000us-gaap_SiteContingencyLossExposureNotAccruedHighEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
 
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Minimum   0us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMinimum
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
 
Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member] | Motors Liquidation [Member]      
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Loss Contingency, Damages Paid, Value   22,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesPaidValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lby_MotorsLiquidationCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
 
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Member] | Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member]      
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Accrued Environmental Loss Contingencies, Noncurrent   1,000,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
1,000,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
Other Noncurrent Assets [Member] | Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member]      
Site Contingency [Line Items]      
Recorded Third-Party Environmental Recoveries, Noncurrent   $ 700,000us-gaap_RecordedThirdPartyEnvironmentalRecoveriesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember
$ 700,000us-gaap_RecordedThirdPartyEnvironmentalRecoveriesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_UnfavorableRegulatoryActionMember