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Inventories and natural gas in storage (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories consisted of:

	September 30, 2014			September 30, 2013			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Aggregates held for resale	$	106,623		$	104,784		$	101,568
Asphalt oil	33,551			43,078			38,099
Materials and supplies	71,515			71,370			69,808
Merchandise for resale	24,566			23,713			21,720
Natural gas in storage (current)	29,979			37,689			16,417
Other	36,471			33,937			34,779
Total	$	302,705		$	314,571		$	282,391

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766



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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 2

-Paragraph 6

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