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BUSINESS SEGMENTS | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business segments | NOTE 14. BUSINESS SEGMENTS The Company structures its business into the following four reporting segments: Americas Recycling, Americas Mills, Americas Fabrication and International Mill. The Company's reporting segments are based primarily on product lines and secondarily on geographic area. See Note 1, Nature of Operations, of the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Form 10-K for more information about the reporting segments, including the types of products and services from which each reporting segment derives its net sales. Corporate and Other contains earnings or losses on assets and liabilities related to the Company's Benefit Restoration Plan assets and short-term investments, expenses of the Company's corporate headquarters, interest expense related to its long-term debt and intercompany eliminations. The Company uses adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations to compare and evaluate the financial performance of its segments. Adjusted EBITDA is the sum of the Company's earnings from continuing operations before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense and impairment expense. Intersegment sales are generally priced at prevailing market prices. Certain corporate administrative expenses are allocated to the segments based upon the nature of the expense. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Form 10-K. The following is a summary of certain financial information from continuing operations by reportable segment:
|  | Three Months Ended February 29, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 179,535 |  |  | $ | 471,367 |  |  | $ | 510,381 |  |  | $ | 179,656 |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 1,340,963 |
Intersegment sales |  | 68,549 |  |  | 260,673 |  |  | 1,367 |  |  | 423 |  |  | (331,012) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | 248,084 |  |  | 732,040 |  |  | 511,748 |  |  | 180,079 |  |  | (330,988) |  |  | 1,340,963 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 5,754 |  |  | 125,691 |  |  | 16,060 |  |  | 13,451 |  |  | (23,235) |  |  | 137,721 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 29, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 351,686 |  |  | $ | 945,559 |  |  | $ | 1,080,758 |  |  | $ | 344,696 |  |  | $ | 2,972 |  |  | $ | 2,725,671 |
Intersegment sales |  | 118,659 |  |  | 555,374 |  |  | 2,837 |  |  | 772 |  |  | (677,642) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | 470,345 |  |  | 1,500,933 |  |  | 1,083,595 |  |  | 345,468 |  |  | (674,670) |  |  | 2,725,671 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 9,171 |  |  | 280,716 |  |  | 33,541 |  |  | 24,810 |  |  | (50,712) |  |  | 297,526 |
Total assets at February 29, 2020* |  | 261,611 |  |  | 1,680,295 |  |  | 1,065,676 |  |  | 521,678 |  |  | 378,678 |  |  | 3,907,938 |
_________________ *Total assets listed in Corporate and Other includes assets from discontinued operations.
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 225,888 |  |  | $ | 472,795 |  |  | $ | 526,678 |  |  | $ | 174,945 |  |  | $ | 2,477 |  |  | $ | 1,402,783 |
Intersegment sales |  | 61,187 |  |  | 301,914 |  |  | 4,158 |  |  | 253 |  |  | (367,512) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | 287,075 |  |  | 774,709 |  |  | 530,836 |  |  | 175,198 |  |  | (365,035) |  |  | 1,402,783 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 10,124 |  |  | 112,396 |  |  | (49,578) |  |  | 20,537 |  |  | (24,146) |  |  | 69,333 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(in thousands) |  | Americas Recycling |  | Americas Mills |  | Americas Fabrication |  | International Mill |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 466,069 |  |  | $ | 846,466 |  |  | $ | 961,236 |  |  | $ | 401,618 |  |  | $ | 4,736 |  |  | $ | 2,680,125 |
Intersegment sales |  | 123,015 |  |  | 530,096 |  |  | 6,711 |  |  | 604 |  |  | (660,426) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | 589,084 |  |  | 1,376,562 |  |  | 967,947 |  |  | 402,222 |  |  | (655,690) |  |  | 2,680,125 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 25,558 |  |  | 226,269 |  |  | (86,574) |  |  | 53,316 |  |  | (83,700) |  |  | 134,869 |
Total assets at August 31, 2019* |  | 257,517 |  |  | 1,667,366 |  |  | 1,106,420 |  |  | 464,177 |  |  | 263,291 |  |  | 3,758,771 |
_________________ *Total assets listed in Corporate and Other includes assets from discontinued operations. The following table presents a reconciliation of earnings from continuing operations to adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  |  | Six Months Ended |  |
(in thousands) |  | February 29, 2020 |  | February 28, 2019 |  | February 29, 2020 |  | February 28, 2019
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 63,596 |  |  | $ | 14,928 |  |  | $ | 146,351 |  |  | $ | 34,348 |
Interest expense |  | 15,888 |  |  | 18,495 |  |  | 32,466 |  |  | 35,158 |
Income taxes |  | 22,845 |  |  | 18,141 |  |  | 50,177 |  |  | 23,750 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 41,389 |  |  | 41,245 |  |  | 82,330 |  |  | 76,421 |
Amortization of acquired unfavorable contract backlog |  | (5,997) |  |  | (23,476) |  |  | (14,328) |  |  | (34,808) |
Impairment of assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 530 |  |  | — |
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations |  | $ | 137,721 |  |  | $ | 69,333 |  |  | $ | 297,526 |  |  | $ | 134,869 |

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