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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Net sales $ 1,679,990us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet $ 1,617,075us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Costs and expenses:    
Cost of goods sold 1,493,769us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 1,440,202us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Selling, general and administrative expenses 113,383us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 108,674us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Interest expense 19,057us-gaap_InterestExpense 19,408us-gaap_InterestExpense
Total costs and expenses 1,626,209us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 1,568,284us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 53,781us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 48,791us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income taxes 15,447us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 15,091us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Earnings from continuing operations 38,334us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 33,700us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes (2,102)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax 21,106us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
Income taxes (benefit) (21)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation 8,887us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations (2,081)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 12,219us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net earnings 36,253us-gaap_ProfitLoss 45,919us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net earnings attributable to CMC $ 36,253us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 45,919us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to CMC:    
Earnings from continuing operations $ 0.33us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare $ 0.29us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations $ (0.02)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare $ 0.10us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare
Net earnings $ 0.31us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.39us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to CMC:    
Earnings from continuing operations $ 0.32us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare $ 0.29us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations $ (0.02)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare $ 0.10us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare
Net earnings $ 0.30us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.39us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Cash dividends per share $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
Average basic shares outstanding 117,818,170us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 117,070,499us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Average diluted shares outstanding 118,909,618us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 118,156,611us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding