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INVENTORIES, NET
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2025
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories, net
NOTE 5. INVENTORIES, NET

Most of the Company's inventories are in the form of semi-finished and finished steel products. Under the Company’s vertically integrated business model in the North America Steel Group and the Europe Steel Group segments, steel products are sold to external customers in various stages, from semi-finished billets through fabricated steel, so these categories are combined as finished goods.

The components of inventories were as follows:
(in thousands)May 31, 2025August 31, 2024
Raw materials$274,912 $232,982 
Work in process4,717 5,390 
Finished goods725,661 733,383 
Total$1,005,290 $971,755 
Inventory write-down expense was $20.7 million during the nine months ended May 31, 2025, and primarily impacted the North America Steel Group segment. Inventory write-down expense was $6.6 million during the nine months ended May 31, 2024, and mainly affected the Europe Steel Group segment. The inventory write-downs were recorded in cost of goods sold in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings (loss).