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BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Summary of certain financial information from continuing operations by reportable segment | The following is a summary of certain financial information from continuing operations by reportable segment:
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, 2016
|  | Americas |  | International |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Recycling |  | Mills |  | Fabrication |  | Mill |  | Marketing and Distribution |  | Corporate |  | Eliminations |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 156,352 |  |  | $ | 227,736 |  |  | $ | 382,607 |  |  | $ | 141,043 |  |  | $ | 315,067 |  |  | $ | 4,585 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,227,390 |
Intersegment sales |  | 26,125 |  |  | 168,745 |  |  | 2,473 |  |  | 395 |  |  | 4,537 |  |  | — |  |  | (202,275 | ) |  | — |
Net sales |  | 182,477 |  |  | 396,481 |  |  | 385,080 |  |  | 141,438 |  |  | 319,604 |  |  | 4,585 |  |  | (202,275 | ) |  | 1,227,390 |
Adjusted operating profit (loss) |  | (1,978 | ) |  | 54,976 |  |  | 22,794 |  |  | 5,467 |  |  | 892 |  |  | (22,542 | ) |  | 1,331 |  |  | 60,940 |
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, 2015
|  | Americas |  | International |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Recycling |  | Mills |  | Fabrication |  | Mill |  | Marketing and Distribution |  | Corporate |  | Eliminations |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 194,081 |  |  | $ | 244,632 |  |  | $ | 415,763 |  |  | $ | 156,286 |  |  | $ | 494,639 |  |  | $ | 601 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,506,002 |
Intersegment sales |  | 31,015 |  |  | 202,189 |  |  | 2,132 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 23,605 |  |  | — |  |  | (258,973 | ) |  | — |
Net sales |  | 225,096 |  |  | 446,821 |  |  | 417,895 |  |  | 156,318 |  |  | 518,244 |  |  | 601 |  |  | (258,973 | ) |  | 1,506,002 |
Adjusted operating profit (loss) |  | (3,651 | ) |  | 63,320 |  |  | 13,720 |  |  | 6,146 |  |  | 25,615 |  |  | (19,502 | ) |  | (3,480 | ) |  | 82,168 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2016
|  | Americas |  | International |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Recycling |  | Mills |  | Fabrication |  | Mill |  | Marketing and Distribution |  | Corporate |  | Eliminations |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 430,829 |  |  | $ | 634,926 |  |  | $ | 1,096,049 |  |  | $ | 368,949 |  |  | $ | 867,084 |  |  | $ | 4,109 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,401,946 |
Intersegment sales |  | 79,201 |  |  | 482,516 |  |  | 7,489 |  |  | 395 |  |  | 12,433 |  |  | — |  |  | (582,034 | ) |  | — |
Net sales |  | 510,030 |  |  | 1,117,442 |  |  | 1,103,538 |  |  | 369,344 |  |  | 879,517 |  |  | 4,109 |  |  | (582,034 | ) |  | 3,401,946 |
Adjusted operating profit (loss) |  | (16,171 | ) |  | 164,739 |  |  | 58,964 |  |  | 10,189 |  |  | (3,570 | ) |  | (69,415 | ) |  | 2,233 |  |  | 146,969 |
Total assets at May 31, 2016* |  | 229,557 |  |  | 758,336 |  |  | 656,055 |  |  | 360,734 |  |  | 591,105 |  |  | 1,015,991 |  |  | (504,018 | ) |  | 3,107,760 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2015
|  | Americas |  | International |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Recycling |  | Mills |  | Fabrication |  | Mill |  | Marketing and Distribution |  | Corporate |  | Eliminations |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 691,382 |  |  | $ | 796,218 |  |  | $ | 1,165,679 |  |  | $ | 472,364 |  |  | $ | 1,447,316 |  |  | $ | 4,150 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,577,109 |
Intersegment sales |  | 108,852 |  |  | 604,299 |  |  | 9,114 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 73,972 |  |  | — |  |  | (796,269 | ) |  | — |
Net sales |  | 800,234 |  |  | 1,400,517 |  |  | 1,174,793 |  |  | 472,396 |  |  | 1,521,288 |  |  | 4,150 |  |  | (796,269 | ) |  | 4,577,109 |
Adjusted operating profit (loss) |  | (15,260 | ) |  | 195,438 |  |  | 3,770 |  |  | 11,188 |  |  | 49,669 |  |  | (55,513 | ) |  | (2,248 | ) |  | 187,044 |
Total assets at August 31, 2015* |  | 261,676 |  |  | 738,669 |  |  | 713,860 |  |  | 403,706 |  |  | 798,914 |  |  | 1,049,815 |  |  | (552,577 | ) |  | 3,414,063 |
* Excludes total assets from discontinued operations of $2.9 million at May 31, 2016 and $31.5 million at August 31, 2015.
Reconciliations of earnings from continuing operations to adjusted operating profit | Reconciliations of earnings from continuing operations to adjusted operating profit are provided below:
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, |  | Nine Months Ended May 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 35,111 |  |  | $ | 39,156 |  |  | $ | 71,593 |  |  | $ | 86,886 |
Income taxes |  | 10,676 |  |  | 22,126 |  |  | 24,512 |  |  | 40,100 |
Interest expense |  | 14,737 |  |  | 20,519 |  |  | 49,666 |  |  | 58,828 |
Discounts on sales of accounts receivable |  | 416 |  |  | 367 |  |  | 1,198 |  |  | 1,230 |
Adjusted operating profit |  | $ | 60,940 |  |  | $ | 82,168 |  |  | $ | 146,969 |  |  | $ | 187,044 |

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