Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

As of August 31, 2017, and 2016, major classes of property, plant and equipment, which include capital lease assets, consisted of the amounts in the table below.

	2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	357,829	$	266,016
Buildings	1,030,478		1,040,943
Machinery and equipment	6,950,435		6,747,865
Office and other	235,361		250,879
Construction in progress	327,682		523,817
	8,901,785		8,829,520
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,545,351		3,341,197
Total property, plant and equipment	$	5,356,434	$	5,488,323

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases

The following is a schedule by fiscal years of future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of August 31, 2017:

	(Dollars in thousands)
2018	$	6,867
2019	6,150
2020	4,728
2021	4,525
2022	3,945
Thereafter	13,285
Total minimum future lease payments	39,500
Less amount representing interest	6,425
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	33,075