Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$ 20,725	$ 20,056
Income taxes	20,013	38,429
Change in accounts payable related to property, plant, and equipment	$ 15,404	$ 16,400

Cash paid during the period for.

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- Definition

Change in accounts payable related to purchases of property plant and equipment

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- Definition

The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4297-108586

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- Definition

The amount of cash paid for interest during the period net of cash paid for interest that is capitalized.

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