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REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Information avout Assets and Liabilities from Contracts with Customers | The following table provides information about assets and liabilities from contracts with customers.
(in thousands) |  | November 30, 2019 |  | August 31, 2019
Contract assets (included in other current assets) |  | $ | 89,507 |  |  | $ | 103,805 |
Contract liabilities (included in accrued expenses and other payables) |  | 34,037 |  |  | 37,165 |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The following tables display revenue by reportable segment from external customers, disaggregated by major source. The Company believes disaggregating by these categories depicts how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2019
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Steel products |  | $ | 115 |  |  | $ | 441,163 |  |  | $ | 499,727 |  |  | $ | 157,944 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,098,949 |
Ferrous scrap |  | 58,302 |  |  | 6,748 |  |  | — |  |  | 212 |  |  | — |  |  | 65,262 |
Nonferrous scrap |  | 113,218 |  |  | 3,355 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,993 |  |  | — |  |  | 118,566 |
Construction materials |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 67,466 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 67,466 |
Other |  | 516 |  |  | 22,926 |  |  | 3,184 |  |  | 4,891 |  |  | 2,948 |  |  | 34,465 |
Total |  | $ | 172,151 |  |  | $ | 474,192 |  |  | $ | 570,377 |  |  | $ | 165,040 |  |  | $ | 2,948 |  |  | $ | 1,384,708 |
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2018
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Steel products |  | $ | 239 |  |  | $ | 347,965 |  |  | $ | 374,807 |  |  | $ | 217,770 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 940,781 |
Ferrous scrap |  | 111,654 |  |  | 9,142 |  |  | — |  |  | 275 |  |  | — |  |  | 121,071 |
Nonferrous scrap |  | 128,075 |  |  | 3,180 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,941 |  |  | — |  |  | 134,196 |
Construction materials |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 57,171 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 57,171 |
Other |  | 213 |  |  | 13,384 |  |  | 2,580 |  |  | 5,687 |  |  | 2,259 |  |  | 24,123 |
Total |  | $ | 240,181 |  |  | $ | 373,671 |  |  | $ | 434,558 |  |  | $ | 226,673 |  |  | $ | 2,259 |  |  | $ | 1,277,342 |

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