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Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities Recorded on Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Deferred tax assets:        
Postretirement benefits other than pensions $ 221us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits $ 300us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits    
Accrued employee benefits 20,834us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits 31,089us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits    
Operating loss carryovers 82,017us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 88,614us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards    
Pensions 79,113us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions 37,172us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions    
Tax credit carryovers 34,469us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards 35,170us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards    
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries 540alb_DeferredTaxAssetsUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries 0alb_DeferredTaxAssetsUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Other 21,845us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 15,447us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther    
Gross deferred tax assets 239,039us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 207,792us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross    
Valuation allowance (30,768)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (33,757)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (49,562)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (36,419)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Deferred tax assets 208,271us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 174,035us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet    
Deferred tax liabilities:        
Depreciation (184,548)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment (213,575)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment    
Foreign currency translation adjustments (4,752)alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments (3,104)alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments    
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries 0alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries (71)alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Other (18,420)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther (19,747)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther    
Deferred tax liabilities (207,720)alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGross (236,497)alb_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGross    
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) 551us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet (62,462)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet    
Current deferred tax assets 1,801us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 3,912us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent    
Current deferred tax liabilities (6,806)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent [1] (2,853)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent [1]    
Noncurrent deferred tax assets 62,440us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent 65,667us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent    
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities (56,884)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent (129,188)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent    
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) $ 551us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet $ (62,462)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet    
[1] See Note 19, “Income Taxes.”