Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	NOTE S – Subsequent Events On November 1, 2021, the Company signed an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Tempel Steel Company (“Tempel”), effective December 1, 2021. The purchase price, after adjustments for preliminary working capital and closing cash, was $275 million plus the assumption of certain long-term liabilities and was funded primarily with cash on hand and some borrowing from the Company’s lines of credit. Tempel is a leading manufacturer of precision motor and transformer laminations for the electrical steel market and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional manufacturing locations in Burlington, Canada, Changzhou, China, Chennai, India and Monterrey, Mexico. The acquired business will be operated as part of our Steel Processing segment.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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