$LXU
LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. Stock $lxu

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2013 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312515070433 Filed on March 02, 2015

Income Statement

Concept	2013 Q4	2013 Q3	2013 Q2
Revenue	$149.0M	$177.4M	$202.2M
YoY Change	-15.86%	-2.75%	-3.37%
Cost Of Revenue	$118.5M	$128.4M	$163.6M
YoY Change	-13.38%	-13.91%	13.95%
Gross Profit	$30.57M	$48.91M	$38.66M
YoY Change	-24.29%	47.37%	-41.19%
Gross Profit Margin	20.51%	27.58%	19.12%
Selling, General & Admin	$26.00M	$25.07M	$25.13M
YoY Change	8.33%	15.47%	9.78%
% of Gross Profit	85.06%	51.26%	64.99%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$8.250M	$7.000M	$6.510M
YoY Change	39.83%	39.17%	28.66%
% of Gross Profit	26.99%	14.31%	16.84%
Operating Expenses	$25.60M	$25.07M	$25.13M
YoY Change	4.92%	15.47%	9.78%
Operating Profit	$4.966M	$23.14M	$12.23M
YoY Change	-68.9%	94.66%	-71.11%
Interest Expense	-$7.200M	$5.395M	$536.0K
YoY Change	3500.0%	262.32%	-54.54%
% of Operating Profit	-144.99%	23.31%	4.38%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$0.00	$34.00K	-$8.000K
YoY Change	-100.0%	-1800.0%	-103.0%
Pretax Income	$62.90M	$16.49M	$11.68M
YoY Change	251.4%	58.55%	-71.79%
Income Tax	$25.50M	$6.345M	$4.367M
% Of Pretax Income	40.54%	38.49%	37.39%
Net Earnings	$37.34M	$10.26M	$7.427M
YoY Change	223.04%	52.95%	-71.47%
Net Earnings / Revenue	25.06%	5.79%	3.67%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.66	$0.46	$0.33
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.58	$0.43	$0.31
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	22.52M shares	22.48M shares	22.44M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		23.60M shares	23.58M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2013 Q4	2013 Q3	2013 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$143.8M	$139.7M	$65.60M
YoY Change	46.73%	4.41%	-55.88%
Cash & Equivalents	$143.3M	$139.7M	$65.57M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$61.00M	$37.20M	$34.80M
YoY Change	56.81%	11.38%	4.82%
Inventory	$55.87M	$58.39M	$58.72M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$80.57M	$83.50M	$96.48M
Other Receivables	$16.10M	$12.50M	$13.10M
Total Short-Term Assets	$353.8M	$327.6M	$265.7M
YoY Change	24.26%	-6.05%	-21.54%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$416.8M	$386.5M	$346.3M
YoY Change	47.87%	91.12%	93.48%
Goodwill	$1.724M		$1.724M
YoY Change	0.0%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments		$170.0M	$1.294M
YoY Change		7995.24%	-46.08%
Other Assets	$16.57M	$11.83M	$7.286M
YoY Change	81.68%
Total Long-Term Assets	$721.4M	$686.4M	$356.6M
YoY Change	147.16%	223.02%	88.2%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$353.8M	$327.6M	$265.7M
Total Long-Term Assets	$721.4M	$686.4M	$356.6M
Total Assets	$1.075B	$1.014B	$622.3M
YoY Change	86.47%	80.69%	17.84%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$61.78M	$65.70M	$59.28M
YoY Change	-9.6%	1.22%	16.23%
Accrued Expenses	$49.10M	$36.10M	$27.90M
YoY Change	41.5%	-6.96%	9.84%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$13.75M	$903.0K	$3.677M
YoY Change	48.57%	50.5%	59.87%
Long-Term Debt Due	$9.300M	$12.20M	$11.70M
YoY Change	93.75%	154.17%	143.75%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$133.9M	$140.3M	$123.3M
YoY Change	14.36%	28.74%	47.83%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$453.7M	$455.4M	$96.10M
YoY Change	571.15%	561.92%	37.09%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$17.09M	$16.77M	$16.36M
YoY Change	4.38%	1.66%	0.36%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$17.09M	$16.77M	$16.36M
YoY Change	4.38%	-80.34%	-81.07%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$133.9M	$140.3M	$123.3M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$17.09M	$16.77M	$16.36M
Total Liabilities	$151.0M	$157.1M	$139.7M
YoY Change	13.13%	-28.26%	-27.79%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$266.9M	$229.5M	$219.3M
YoY Change	25.76%
Common Stock	$2.685M	$2.683M	$2.676M
YoY Change	0.45%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$28.37M	$28.37M	$28.37M
YoY Change	0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares	4.320M shares	4.320M shares	4.320M shares
Shareholders Equity	$411.7M	$374.3M	$362.8M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.083B	$1.014B	$622.3M
YoY Change	87.84%	80.69%	17.84%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2013 Q4	2013 Q3	2013 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$37.34M	$10.26M	$7.427M
YoY Change	223.04%	52.95%	-71.47%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$8.250M	$7.000M	$6.510M
YoY Change	39.83%	39.17%	28.66%
Cash From Operating Activities	$8.750M	$38.36M	$26.94M
YoY Change	-66.41%	128.88%	-40.61%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$43.65M	-$31.12M	-$38.27M
YoY Change	40.67%	6.76%	127.39%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$32.67M	-$278.6M	$9.190M
YoY Change	-184.53%	-2877.77%	-2397.5%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$10.98M	-$309.7M	-$29.08M
YoY Change	-84.24%	1518.18%	68.97%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	6.330M	345.4M	-960.0K
YoY Change	-19.57%	-13646.67%	-65.59%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	8.750M	38.36M	26.94M
Cash From Investing Activities	-10.98M	-309.7M	-29.08M
Cash From Financing Activities	6.330M	345.4M	-960.0K
Net Change In Cash	4.100M	74.08M	-3.100M
YoY Change	-111.47%	-1602.64%	-112.22%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$8.750M	$38.36M	$26.94M
Capital Expenditures	-$43.65M	-$31.12M	-$38.27M
Free Cash Flow	$52.40M	$69.48M	$65.21M
YoY Change	-8.2%	51.34%	4.86%

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CY2013	lxu	Realized And Unrealized Loss On Contractual Obligations Associated With Carbon Credits RealizedAndUnrealizedLossOnContractualObligationsAssociatedWithCarbonCredits	1233000
CY2013	lxu	Acquisition Of Working Interests In Natural Gas Properties AcquisitionOfWorkingInterestsInNaturalGasProperties	9205000
CY2013	lxu	Derivative Instruments Carbon Credits Gain Loss Recognized In Earnings DerivativeInstrumentsCarbonCreditsGainLossRecognizedInEarnings	-277000
CY2013	lxu	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Cost Of Sales AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseCostOfSales	227000
CY2013	lxu	Principal Payments On Secured Term Loan During Noncash Or Partial Noncash Transaction PrincipalPaymentsOnSecuredTermLoanDuringNoncashOrPartialNoncashTransaction	66563000
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CY2013	lxu	Weighted Average Cost Per Mmbtu Of Future Or Forward Natural Gas Contract WeightedAverageCostPerMmbtuOfFutureOrForwardNaturalGasContract	3.98
CY2013	lxu	Derivative Future Or Forward Platinum Contract Period DerivativeFutureOrForwardPlatinumContractPeriod	2015-04
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CY2014	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-K
CY2014	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	LSB INDUSTRIES INC
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CY2014	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	LXU
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CY2014	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
CY2014	dei	Entity Voluntary Filers EntityVoluntaryFilers	No
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CY2014	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Period Increase Decrease AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivablePeriodIncreaseDecrease	-134000
CY2014	us-gaap	Dividend Payable Date To Be Paid Day Month And Year DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear	2015-02-15
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	0.83
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CY2014	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2014
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Period Increase Decrease FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPeriodIncreaseDecrease	-2110000
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CY2014	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0000060714
CY2014	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	561000
CY2014	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	FY
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CY2014	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	367000
CY2014	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Vested In Period Fair Value1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodFairValue1	1502000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	19634000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Short Term Investments PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments	29000000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax Attributable To Reporting Entity IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	-89000
CY2014	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	747000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	-61000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	1394000
CY2014	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-1312000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Liability Transfers Into Level3 FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationLiabilityTransfersIntoLevel3	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	1074000
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Software PaymentsForSoftware	3161000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Issues FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityIssues	0
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CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Restricted Investments PaymentsToAcquireRestrictedInvestments	75000000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Purchases FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPurchases	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Gain Loss Included In Earnings1 FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetGainLossIncludedInEarnings1	-3089000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	281000
CY2014	us-gaap	Life Insurance Corporate Or Bank Owned Change In Value LifeInsuranceCorporateOrBankOwnedChangeInValue	752000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	19723000
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Settlements FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetSettlements	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	219842000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	19634000
CY2014	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	301000
CY2014	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	21063000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Out Of Level3 FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	1925000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Preferred Stock And Preference Stock PaymentsOfDividendsPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock	300000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Insurance IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidInsurance	-1321000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	79000
CY2014	us-gaap	Capital Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid	34636000
CY2014	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12839000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	753000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Into Level3 FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersIntoLevel3	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Sales FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilitySales	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Settlements FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilitySettlements	1304000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	3505000
CY2014	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Payments ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments	6403000
CY2014	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	43061000
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Issues FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetIssues	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	11263000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12400000
CY2014	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	-1452000
CY2014	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	579155000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	35664000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	-37000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Property Plant And Equipment ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment	662000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Short Term Debt ProceedsFromShortTermDebt	14346000
CY2014	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	1013000
CY2014	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0
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CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	1074000
CY2014	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	3095000
CY2014	us-gaap	Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities Discontinued Operations CashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesDiscontinuedOperations	-167000
CY2014	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-439000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes	-110000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	1497000
CY2014	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Additions PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	240104000
CY2014	us-gaap	Dividends Preferred Stock Cash DividendsPreferredStockCash	300000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	-1044000
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	3461000
CY2014	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	518000
CY2014	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12278000
CY2014	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Purchases FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPurchases	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities	2078000
CY2014	us-gaap	Other Cost And Expense Operating OtherCostAndExpenseOperating	4885000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Restricted Investments ProceedsFromSaleOfRestrictedInvestments	259990000
CY2014	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	1411000
CY2014	lxu	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGrantDateFairValue	7262000
CY2014	lxu	Realized And Unrealized Gain On Carbon Credits RealizedAndUnrealizedGainOnCarbonCredits	3089000
CY2014	lxu	Number Of Persons Employed By Chemical Business NumberOfPersonsEmployedByChemicalBusiness	545	Person
CY2014	lxu	Contractual Weighted Average Pay Rate ContractualWeightedAveragePayRate	0.0323	pure
CY2014	lxu	Current Period Tax Effect To Additional Paid In Capital From Share Based Compensation CurrentPeriodTaxEffectToAdditionalPaidInCapitalFromShareBasedCompensation	0
CY2014	lxu	Natural Gas Purchase Commitments Weighted Average Market Value Per Unit NaturalGasPurchaseCommitmentsWeightedAverageMarketValuePerUnit	3.01
CY2014	lxu	Weighted Average Cost Per Pound Of Future Or Forward Copper Contract WeightedAverageCostPerPoundOfFutureOrForwardCopperContract	2.98
CY2014	lxu	Redemption Date RedemptionDate	2016-08-01
CY2014	lxu	Miscellaneous Income Operating MiscellaneousIncomeOperating	676000
CY2014	lxu	Maturity Date Of Interest Rate Contract Held MaturityDateOfInterestRateContractHeld	March 2016
CY2014	lxu	Residential Products Warranty Coverage For Labor Associated With Repair ResidentialProductsWarrantyCoverageForLaborAssociatedWithRepair	P5Y
CY2014	lxu	Federal Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiration Year FederalNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsExpirationYear	2033
CY2014	lxu	Estimated Share Of Annual Operating Cost Of Pipeline Maximum EstimatedShareOfAnnualOperatingCostOfPipelineMaximum	150000
CY2014	lxu	Dismantle And Demolition Expense DismantleAndDemolitionExpense	559000
CY2014	lxu	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Weighted Average Forfeiture Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageForfeitureRate	0.0788	pure
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CY2014	lxu	Miscellaneous Penalty Expense Operating MiscellaneousPenaltyExpenseOperating	18000
CY2014	lxu	Fair Value Measurement With Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers In Out Of Level One And Level Two FairValueMeasurementWithInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersInOutOfLevelOneAndLevelTwo
CY2014	lxu	Preferred Stock Dividends Dilutive Net Income Per Common Share PreferredStockDividendsDilutiveNetIncomePerCommonShare	300000
CY2014	lxu	Natural Gas Purchase Commitments Weighted Average Market Value NaturalGasPurchaseCommitmentsWeightedAverageMarketValue	8800000
CY2014	lxu	Minimum Amount Of Life Insurance Policies To Be Kept By Company MinimumAmountOfLifeInsurancePoliciesToBeKeptByCompany	2500000
CY2014	lxu	Warranty Coverage For Residential Products From Date Of Shipment WarrantyCoverageForResidentialProductsFromDateOfShipment	P10Y
CY2014	lxu	Interest Rate Contracts Fixed Rate Description InterestRateContractsFixedRateDescription	Fixed three-month LIBOR rate of 3.23% on a declining balance
CY2014	lxu	Estimated Share Of Annual Operating Cost Of Pipeline Minimum EstimatedShareOfAnnualOperatingCostOfPipelineMinimum	100000
CY2014	lxu	Accounts Receivable Payment Terms AccountsReceivablePaymentTerms	Payment terms of 15 days or less
CY2014	lxu	Miscellaneous Expense Operating MiscellaneousExpenseOperating	197000
CY2014	lxu	Payments Under Employment And Severance Agreements PaymentsUnderEmploymentAndSeveranceAgreements	15800000
CY2014	lxu	Future Or Forward Copper Contract Period FutureOrForwardCopperContractPeriod	May 2015
CY2014	lxu	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Selling General And Administrative AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseSellingGeneralAndAdministrative	1660000
CY2012	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	2.61
CY2012	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Period Increase Decrease FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPeriodIncreaseDecrease	-78000
CY2012	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	2.62
CY2012	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Conversion Of Preferred Stock IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfPreferredStock	917006	shares
CY2014	lxu	Term Of Historical Volatility Of Common Stock TermOfHistoricalVolatilityOfCommonStock	P6Y
CY2014	lxu	Realized And Unrealized Loss On Contractual Obligations Associated With Carbon Credits RealizedAndUnrealizedLossOnContractualObligationsAssociatedWithCarbonCredits	2799000
CY2014	lxu	Operating Lease Expense OperatingLeaseExpense	7425000
CY2014	lxu	Natural Gas Purchase Commitments Weighted Average Cost NaturalGasPurchaseCommitmentsWeightedAverageCost	9500000
CY2014	lxu	State Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards Expiration Year StateNetOperatingLossCarryForwardsExpirationYear	2014
CY2014	lxu	Death Benefit Payment Term DeathBenefitPaymentTerm	P10Y
CY2014	lxu	Other Income Expense Net OtherIncomeExpenseNet	-1120000
CY2014	lxu	Noncash Capitalized Software Additions NoncashCapitalizedSoftwareAdditions	5303000
CY2014	lxu	Miscellaneous Expense Non Operating MiscellaneousExpenseNonOperating	20000
CY2014	lxu	Commercial And Industrial Product Base Warranty Coverage For Spare Parts CommercialAndIndustrialProductBaseWarrantyCoverageForSpareParts	P90D
CY2014	lxu	Natural Gas Purchase Commitments Volume NaturalGasPurchaseCommitmentsVolume	2900000	MMBTU
CY2014	lxu	Commercial And Industrial Product Base Warranty Coverage For Manufactured Product CommercialAndIndustrialProductBaseWarrantyCoverageForManufacturedProduct	Eighteen months from the date of shipment or twelve months from the date of start-up, whichever is shorter
CY2014	lxu	Derivative Instruments Carbon Credits Gain Loss Recognized In Earnings DerivativeInstrumentsCarbonCreditsGainLossRecognizedInEarnings	-1028000
CY2014	lxu	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Cost Of Sales AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseCostOfSales	255000
CY2014	lxu	Estimated Market Weighted Average Receive Rate EstimatedMarketWeightedAverageReceiveRate	0.0053	pure
CY2014	lxu	Balance In Excess Of Fdic Insured Limits BalanceInExcessOfFdicInsuredLimits	39000000
CY2014	lxu	Working Interest WorkingInterest	0.12	pure
CY2014	lxu	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Option Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Vesting Term ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingVestingTerm	P5Y9M29D
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