LONG-LIVED ASSET IMPAIRMENTS	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
LONG-LIVED ASSET IMPAIRMENTS	NOTE 8. LONG-LIVED ASSET IMPAIRMENTS As a result of the sale of assets related to the Company's structural steel fabrication operations during fiscal 2018, the Company recorded asset impairment charges of $13.1 million and goodwill impairment charges of $0.5 million. Refer to Note 3, Changes in Business, Note 7, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, and Note 13, Fair Value, for further information. There were no material long-lived asset impairment charges recorded during the year ended August 31, 2017. As part of the exit of the International Marketing Distribution segment, as discussed in Note 3, Changes in Business, the Company realized impairment charges of $2.1 million, $4.2 million and $15.8 million during fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, in connection with the exit of its steel trading and distribution operations in Australia. These impairment charges primarily related to accumulated foreign currency translation losses and were included in discontinued operations. See Note 13, Fair Value, for further discussion of these impairment charges. Other expenses associated with exiting the International Marketing and Distribution segment were not material for the years ended August 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016. Due to adverse margin and volume pressure in the Company's Americas Recycling segment, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, management concluded that a triggering event had occurred. The results of the undiscounted future cash flow analysis indicated the carrying amounts for certain long-lived asset groups were not expected to be recovered. Fair value for these long-lived asset groups was then estimated and compared to the carrying values of the long-lived asset groups, which resulted in a total non-cash, pre-tax impairment of $38.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

NOTE 8. LONG-LIVED ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

As a result of the sale of assets related to the Company's structural steel fabrication operations during fiscal 2018, the Company recorded asset impairment charges of $13.1 million and goodwill impairment charges of $0.5 million. Refer to Note 3, Changes in Business, Note 7, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, and Note 13, Fair Value, for further information. There were no material long-lived asset impairment charges recorded during the year ended August 31, 2017.

As part of the exit of the International Marketing Distribution segment, as discussed in Note 3, Changes in Business, the Company realized impairment charges of $2.1 million, $4.2 million and $15.8 million during fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, in connection with the exit of its steel trading and distribution operations in Australia. These impairment charges primarily related to accumulated foreign currency translation losses and were included in discontinued operations. See Note 13, Fair Value, for further discussion of these impairment charges. Other expenses associated with exiting the International Marketing and Distribution segment were not material for the years ended August 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016.

Due to adverse margin and volume pressure in the Company's Americas Recycling segment, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, management concluded that a triggering event had occurred. The results of the undiscounted future cash flow analysis indicated the carrying amounts for certain long-lived asset groups were not expected to be recovered. Fair value for these long-lived asset groups was then estimated and compared to the carrying values of the long-lived asset groups, which resulted in a total non-cash, pre-tax impairment of $38.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.