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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

A summary of property, plant and equipment as of August 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

	2014				2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	212,609			$	169,022
Buildings	686,371				574,834
Machinery and equipment	4,558,485				4,195,523
Office and other	133,599				118,442
Construction in progress	1,018,011				480,703
	6,609,075				5,538,524
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,578,052				2,367,120
Total property, plant and equipment	$	4,031,023			$	3,171,404

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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