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Business Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business Segments | (G) Business Segments Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities that earn revenues, incur expenses and prepare separate financial information that is evaluated regularly by our chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources and assess performance. Operations related to the Skyway Acquisition will be included in the cement segment, as this plant has an identical customer base and is managed by the cement divison. We operate in five business segments: Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Paperboard, Oil and Gas Proppants and Concrete and Aggregates. These operations are conducted in the U.S. and include the mining of limestone and the manufacture, production, distribution and sale of portland cement and slag (a basic construction material which are the essential binding ingredients in concrete), the grinding of slag, the mining of gypsum and the manufacture and sale of gypsum wallboard, the manufacture and sale of recycled paperboard to the gypsum wallboard industry and other paperboard converters, the sale of readymix concrete and the mining and sale of aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) and sand used in hydraulic fracturing (“frac sand”). The products that we manufacture, distribute and sell are basic materials with broad application as construction products, building materials, and basic materials used for oil and natural gas extraction. Our construction productions are used in residential, industrial, commercial and infrastructure construction and include cement, concrete and aggregates. Our building materials are sold into similar markets and include gypsum wallboard. Our basic materials used for oil and natural gas extraction include frac sand and oil well cement. We operate six cement plants, one slag grinding facility, sixteen cement distribution terminals, five gypsum wallboard plants, including the plant idled in Bernalillo, N.M., a gypsum wallboard distribution center, a recycled paperboard mill, seventeen readymix concrete batch plant locations, four aggregates processing plant locations, two frac sand processing facilities, three frac sand drying facilities and six frac sand trans-load locations. The principal markets for our cement products are Texas, northern Illinois (including Chicago), the central plains, the Rocky Mountains, northern Nevada, and northern California. Gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard are distributed throughout the continental U.S, with the exception of the northeast. Concrete and aggregates are sold to local readymix producers and paving contractors in the Austin, Texas area, north of Sacramento, California and the greater Kansas City, Missouri area, while frac sand is currently sold into shale deposits across the United States. We conduct one of our six cement plant operations, Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP in Buda, Texas, through a Joint Venture. For segment reporting purposes only, we proportionately consolidate our 50% share of the Joint Venture’s revenues and operating earnings, which is consistent with the way management reports the segments within the Company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. We account for intersegment sales at market prices. The following table sets forth certain financial information relating to our operations by segment:
|  | For the Years Ended March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Revenues - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement |  | $ | 528,499 |  |  | $ | 488,644 |  |  | $ | 438,224 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 461,457 |  |  |  | 437,514 |  |  |  | 387,016 |
Paperboard |  |  | 149,192 |  |  |  | 142,690 |  |  |  | 130,178 |
Oil and Gas Proppants |  |  | 57,591 |  |  |  | 81,381 |  |  |  | 19,557 |
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 128,073 |  |  |  | 107,892 |  |  |  | 96,908 |
|  |  | 1,324,812 |  |  |  | 1,258,121 |  |  |  | 1,071,883 |
Less: Intersegment Revenues |  |  | (73,862 | ) |  |  | (65,533 | ) |  |  | (62,094 | )
Less: Joint Venture Revenues |  |  | (107,458 | ) |  |  | (126,220 | ) |  |  | (111,393 | )
|  | $ | 1,143,492 |  |  | $ | 1,066,368 |  |  | $ | 898,396 |
|  | For the Years Ended March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Intersegment Revenues - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement |  | $ | 13,939 |  |  | $ | 9,598 |  |  | $ | 8,952 |
Paperboard |  |  | 59,001 |  |  |  | 55,060 |  |  |  | 52,119 |
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 922 |  |  |  | 875 |  |  |  | 1,023 |
|  | $ | 73,862 |  |  | $ | 65,533 |  |  | $ | 62,094 |
Cement Sales Volumes (M tons) - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wholly-Owned |  |  | 3,903 |  |  |  | 3,744 |  |  |  | 3,580 |
Joint Venture |  |  | 875 |  |  |  | 1,055 |  |  |  | 1,013 |
|  |  | 4,778 |  |  |  | 4,799 |  |  |  | 4,593 |
|  | For the Years Ended March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Operating Earnings - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement | $ |  | 137,854 |  |  | $ | 117,527 |  |  | $ | 89,486 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 159,352 |  |  |  | 145,871 |  |  |  | 114,852 |
Paperboard |  |  | 32,153 |  |  |  | 31,512 |  |  |  | 23,610 |
Oil and Gas Proppants |  |  | (68,466 | ) |  |  | (2,546 | ) |  |  | (4,890 | )
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 9,807 |  |  |  | 6,736 |  |  |  | 212 |
Other, net |  |  | 2,328 |  |  |  | 3,201 |  |  |  | 1,368 |
Sub-Total |  |  | 273,028 |  |  |  | 302,301 |  |  |  | 224,638 |
Corporate General and Administrative |  |  | (37,193 | ) |  |  | (30,751 | ) |  |  | (24,552 | )
Acquisition, Litigation and Other Expense |  |  | — |  |  |  | (6,880 | ) |  |  | — |
Earnings Before Interest and Income Taxes |  |  | 235,835 |  |  |  | 264,670 |  |  |  | 200,086 |
Interest Expense, net |  |  | (16,583 | ) |  |  | (11,743 | ) |  |  | (18,282 | )
Earnings Before Income Taxes |  | $ | 219,252 |  |  | $ | 252,927 |  |  | $ | 181,804 |
Cement Operating Earnings - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wholly-Owned |  | $ | 98,771 |  |  | $ | 72,560 |  |  | $ | 51,675 |
Joint Ventures |  |  | 39,083 |  |  |  | 44,967 |  |  |  | 37,811 |
|  | $ | 137,854 |  |  | $ | 117,527 |  |  | $ | 89,486 |
Capital Expenditures - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement |  | $ | 20,262 |  |  | $ | 27,086 |  |  | $ | 12,226 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 4,832 |  |  |  | 7,129 |  |  |  | 4,825 |
Paperboard |  |  | 5,542 |  |  |  | 1,888 |  |  |  | 3,354 |
Oil and Gas Proppants |  |  | 40,144 |  |  |  | 61,484 |  |  |  | 34,264 |
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 18,783 |  |  |  | 13,851 |  |  |  | 4,572 |
Other, net |  |  | — |  |  |  | 135 |  |  |  | 249 |
|  | $ | 89,563 |  |  | $ | 111,573 |  |  | $ | 59,490 |
Depreciation , Depletion and Amortization - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement |  | $ | 33,400 |  |  | $ | 31,839 |  |  | $ | 31,829 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 19,988 |  |  |  | 20,092 |  |  |  | 20,981 |
Paperboard |  |  | 8,312 |  |  |  | 8,251 |  |  |  | 8,716 |
Oil and Gas Proppants |  |  | 27,227 |  |  |  | 8,839 |  |  |  | 1,707 |
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 6,260 |  |  |  | 5,533 |  |  |  | 5,205 |
Corporate and Other |  |  | 1,918 |  |  |  | 1,745 |  |  |  | 1,583 |
|  | $ | 97,105 |  |  | $ | 76,299 |  |  | $ | 70,021 |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Identifiable Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cement |  | $ | 819,994 |  |  | $ | 777,956 |  |  | $ | 762,578 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 392,523 |  |  |  | 403,279 |  |  |  | 412,566 |
Paperboard |  |  | 127,371 |  |  |  | 123,519 |  |  |  | 125,045 |
Oil and Gas Proppants |  |  | 409,497 |  |  |  | 455,572 |  |  |  | 92,199 |
Concrete and Aggregates |  |  | 106,634 |  |  |  | 96,610 |  |  |  | 87,364 |
Other, net |  |  | 27,616 |  |  |  | 23,390 |  |  |  | 31,777 |
|  | $ | 1,883,635 |  |  | $ | 1,880,326 |  |  | $ | 1,511,529 |
Segment operating earnings, including the proportionately consolidated 50% interest in the revenues and expenses of the Joint Venture, represent revenues less direct operating expenses, segment depreciation, and segment selling, general and administrative expenses. We account for intersegment sales at market prices. Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, general office assets and miscellaneous other assets. The basis used to disclose Identifiable Assets, Capital Expenditures and Depreciation, Depletion conforms with the equity method, and is similar to how we disclose these accounts in our Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The segment breakdown of goodwill at March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (dollars in thousands) |
Cement |  | $ | 9,729 |  |  | $ | 8,359 |
Gypsum Wallboard |  |  | 116,618 |  |  |  | 116,618 |
Paperboard |  |  | 7,538 |  |  |  | 7,538 |
|  | $ | 133,885 |  |  | $ | 132,515 |

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