Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment, at Cost

Property, plant and equipment, at cost, consist of the following at December 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

	Useful Lives (Years)	December 31,
		2023		2022
Land	—	$	297,435	$	172,464
Land improvements	10 – 30	316,544		201,284
Buildings and improvements	10 – 50	699,045		492,509
Machinery and equipment(a)	2 – 45	6,173,463		4,446,315
Mineral rights and reserves	7 – 60	1,689,013		1,795,668
Construction in progress	—	3,058,257		2,246,090
Total		$	12,233,757	$	9,354,330

(a)Consists primarily of (1) short-lived production equipment components, office and building equipment and other equipment with estimated lives ranging 2 – 7 years, (2) production process equipment (intermediate components) with estimated lives ranging 8 – 19 years, (3) production process equipment (major unit components) with estimated lives ranging 20 – 29 years, and (4) production process equipment (infrastructure and other) with estimated lives ranging 30 – 45 years.