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INVENTORIES
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
INVENTORIES

(F) INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of average cost (including applicable material, labor, depreciation, and plant overhead) or net realizable value. Raw Materials and Materials-in-Progress include clinker, which is an intermediary product before it is ground into cement powder. Quantities of Raw Materials and Materials-in-Progress, Aggregates, and Coal inventories, are based on measured volumes, subject to estimation based on the size and location of the inventory piles, and are converted to tonnage using standard inventory density factors. Inventories consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2024

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Raw Materials and Materials-in-Progress

 

$

140,568

 

 

$

122,772

 

Finished Cement

 

 

65,839

 

 

 

71,396

 

Aggregates

 

 

16,676

 

 

 

12,149

 

Gypsum Wallboard

 

 

6,747

 

 

 

5,242

 

Recycled Paperboard

 

 

9,401

 

 

 

14,278

 

Repair Parts and Supplies

 

 

128,584

 

 

 

127,511

 

Fuel and Coal

 

 

24,451

 

 

 

20,575

 

 

 

$

392,266

 

 

$

373,923