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Business Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Segment
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Reportable business segments 3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments    
Total revenues $ (691,347,000)us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ (428,629,000)us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet  
Reclassification of goodwill     600,000,000mlm_GoodwillReclassificationAdjustment
Intersegment Eliminations      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Total revenues $ 18,377,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember