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Equity-based Incentive Plans (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
May 17, 2012
Deferred Stock Units        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Granted (in shares) 54,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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53,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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79,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Number of RSU's        
Granted (in shares) 54,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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53,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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79,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan)        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Additional number of shares authorized for issuance       15,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
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Factor used for granting of stock options and stock appreciation rights against the share limit of the awards that are not full value awards (in shares) 1stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardShareLimitAgainstWhichAwardsThatAreNotFullValueAwardsWillBeCounted
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Factor used for granting of RSUs, DSUs, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and performance awards against the share limit of the awards that are full value awards (in shares) 2.09stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardShareLimitAgainstWhichFullValueAwardsWillBeCounted
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
     
Shares available for issuance 9,600,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Vesting percentage 100.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
     
Eligible age for retirement 59 years 6 months      
Long term incentive compensation program        
Granted (in shares) 1,121,416us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
1,293,140us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
1,422,448us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
 
Number of RSU's        
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) 2,279,643us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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1,269,307us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
   
Granted (in shares) 1,121,416us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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1,293,140us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
1,422,448us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
 
Vested (in shares) (1,245,489)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
(170,398)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
(143,666)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
 
Forfeited (in shares) (144,344)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
(112,406)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
(9,475)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
 
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) 2,011,226us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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2,279,643us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
1,269,307us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value        
Outstanding, at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) 14.97us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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11.87us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Granted (in dollars per share) 21.82us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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18.16us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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11.95us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Vested (in dollars per share) 13.20us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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17.74us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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12.65us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Forfeited (in dollars per share) 15.51us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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12.48us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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11.92us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Outstanding, at the end of the period (in dollars per share) 19.85us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
14.97us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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11.87us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Aggregate Intrinsic Value        
Aggregate Intrinsic Value 39,702,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueNonvested
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44,544,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueNonvested
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
17,428,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueNonvested
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= stld_AmendedAndRestatedEquityIncentivePlan2006Member
 
Unrecognized Compensation        
Unrecognized Compensation 25,171,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedShareBasedAwardsOtherThanOptions
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22,197,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedShareBasedAwardsOtherThanOptions
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12,318,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedShareBasedAwardsOtherThanOptions
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Weighted average remaining life before vesting of the outstanding RSU's 1 year 4 months 24 days      
Fair value of vesting during the period 24,600,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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3,300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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Number of withheld shares 444,000us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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63,000us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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49,000us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Employee Stock Option        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Vesting percentage 100.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Vesting period 6 months      
Term of award 5 years      
Options exercise price as a percentage of fair value of common stock 100.00%stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisePriceAsPercentageOfFairValueOfCommonStock
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Performance Shares | Senior Executive Officers        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Performance period 3 years      
2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Performance Shares | Senior Executive Officers | Minimum        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Awards earned as percentage of specified compensation 0.00%stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardEarnedAsPercentageOfSpecifiedCompensation
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Performance Shares | Senior Executive Officers | Maximum        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Awards earned as percentage of specified compensation 100.00%stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardEarnedAsPercentageOfSpecifiedCompensation
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Performance Shares | Vesting Based On Performance | Senior Executive Officers        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Percentage of shares that vest immediately when performance earned 33.30%stld_PercentageOfSharesThatVestedImmediatelyBasedOnPerformanceEarned
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Performance period one 1 year      
2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | Performance Shares | Vesting Based On Service | Senior Executive Officers        
Equity-based Incentive Plans        
Vesting period 2 years      
Performance period two 2 years      
2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2012 Award | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Maximum Shares That Could Be Issued 164,291stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementShareBasedPaymentAwardPotentialNumberOfSharesBasedOnPerformance
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Award Earned 95,291stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesEarned
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2012 Award | Performance/Service period one | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 31,764stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2012 Award | Performance/Service period two | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 31,764stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2012 Award | Performance/Service period three | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 31,763stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2013 Award | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Maximum Shares That Could Be Issued 173,319stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementShareBasedPaymentAwardPotentialNumberOfSharesBasedOnPerformance
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Award Earned 164,653stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesEarned
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2013 Award | Performance/Service period one | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 54,885stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2013 Award | Performance/Service period two | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 54,884stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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2006 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan) | One-year performance period transition award | 2013 Award | Performance/Service period three | Senior Executive Officers        
Long term incentive compensation program        
Awards Issued/Issuable 54,884stld_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedOrIssuable
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