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Income Taxes - Reconciled Tax at Statutory Rates (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | ||
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Mar. 31, 2012
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Mar. 31, 2011
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| Income tax benefit (expense) at statutory tax rates | $ 8.8 | $ (28.4) | $ (18.3) |
| US state income taxes, net of the federal benefit | (0.1) | (0.8) | (1.7) |
| Asbestos - effect of foreign exchange | (0.3) | (1.9) | (31.7) |
| Expenses not deductible | (2.0) | (0.7) | (4.0) |
| Non-assessable items | 1.8 | 0.4 | |
| Repatriation of foreign earnings | 2.7 | (0.1) | (32.6) |
| Amortisation of intangibles | 2.0 | 1.7 | (5.9) |
| Taxes on foreign income | (1.6) | 2.6 | (2.0) |
| Tax assessment in dispute | 478.4 | (349.1) | |
| Other permanent items | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Total income tax benefit (expense) | $ 11.8 | $ 453.2 | $ (443.6) |
| Effective tax (benefit) rate | (35.00%) | (299.90%) | 459.20% |
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Income tax reconciliation amortisation of intangibles. No definition available.
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Undistributed earnings of US subsidiaries expected to be repatriated in fiscal year 2012. No definition available.
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Income tax reconciliation non assessable items. No definition available.
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Income tax reconciliation nondeductible expense effect of foreign exchange on asbestos. No definition available.
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Tax assessment in dispute related to Australian Taxation Office - Amended Assessment. No definition available.
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Taxes on subsidiary foreign income and withholding taxes paid on interest. No definition available.
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A ratio calculated by dividing the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the period by GAAP-basis pretax income from continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The sum of the current income tax expense or benefit and the deferred income tax expense or benefit pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The sum of the differences between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to nondeductible expenses under enacted tax laws, or differences in the methodologies used to determine expense amounts for financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and enacted tax laws. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The portion of the difference, between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the year/accounting period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to all other items not otherwise listed in the existing taxonomy. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The portion of the difference, between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to state and local income tax expense or benefit. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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