Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Revenues Disaggregated by Major Product and Sales Destination

The table below illustrates the Company’s revenues disaggregated by major product and sales destination (in thousands):

	Year Ended August 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Major product information:
Ferrous revenues	$	1,388,543	$	1,439,983	$	1,914,255
Nonferrous revenues		738,843		781,102		892,444
Steel revenues(1)		439,762		507,550		531,731
Retail and other revenues		171,544		153,589		147,385
Total revenues	$	2,738,692	$	2,882,224	$	3,485,815
Revenues based on sales destination:
Foreign	$	1,464,999	$	1,508,019	$	1,925,235
Domestic		1,273,693		1,374,205		1,560,580
Total revenues	$	2,738,692	$	2,882,224	$	3,485,815

(1)Steel revenues include predominantly sales of finished steel products, in addition to sales of semi-finished goods (billets) and steel manufacturing scrap.

Summary of Foreign Countries which Sales Exceeded 10% of Consolidated Revenues

The schedule below identifies those foreign countries to which the Company’s sales exceeded 10% of consolidated revenues in any of the last three years ended August 31 (in thousands):

	2024		% of Revenue			2023	% of Revenue	2022		% of Revenue
Revenues
Bangladesh	$	410,531		15	%	N/A	N/A	$	446,385		13	%
Turkey	$	335,581		12	%	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A

N/A = Sales were less than the 10% threshold.