LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental requirements under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of July 31, 2012 (in thousands):



2013	$	1,812
2014	1,567
2015	1,379
2016	1,251
2017	1,041
Later years	1,395

Schedule of Rent Expense [Table Text Block]

The following schedule shows the composition of total rental expense for all operating leases, including those with terms of one month or less which were not renewed, for the fiscal years ended July 31 (in thousands):



	2012		2011		2010
Vehicles and Railcars	$	2,029	$	1,574	$	1,536
Office facilities	848		840		809
Warehouse facilities	252		288		335
Mining properties:
Minimum	123		112		113
Contingent	302		289		336
Other	141		135		167
	$	3,695	$	3,238	$	3,296