Stockholders' Equity And Earnings Per Share Attributable To CMC (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of the denominators of the earnings per share calculations

The reconciliation of the denominators of the earnings per share calculations was as follows:

	Three Months Ended May 31,		Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Shares outstanding for basic earnings per share	115,946,691	115,403,374	115,726,793	114,819,792
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock based incentive/purchase plans	988,149	957,381	1,015,800	1,217,638
Shares outstanding for diluted earnings per share	116,934,840	116,360,755	116,742,593	116,037,430