LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

The following is a schedule by fiscal year of future minimum rent requirements under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of July 31, 2018 (in thousands):

2019	$	2,134
2020	$	1,735
2021	$	1,424
2022	$	1,410
2023	$	778
Later years	$	7,810

Schedule of Rent Expense

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

	2018		2017
Vehicles and Railcars	$	1,404	$	1,431
Office facilities	985		959
Warehouse facilities	408		379
Mining properties:
Minimum	106		113
Contingent (1)	208		191
Other	92		78
	$	3,203	$	3,151

(1) Contingent mining royalty payments are determined based on the tons of raw clay mined.