Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2015

Components of Inventories

The following table summarizes the Company’s inventory balance:

(In thousands)	February 28, 2015			August 31, 2014
Manufacturing supplies and raw materials	$	329,169		$	235,903
Work-in-process		70,710			48,853
Finished goods		21,779			23,766
Excess and obsolete adjustment		(3,068	)		(2,866	)
	$	418,590		$	305,656