Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012


	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended
	March 31, 2012			April 2, 2011
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,626,139		$	3,448,197
Steel products		842,245			732,139
Raw materials		482,208			527,463
All other		122,002			126,135

	$	5,072,594		$	4,833,934

Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	617,644		$	584,613
Steel products		16,786			10,014
Raw materials		2,882,231			2,777,606
All other		2,604			6,425
Corporate/eliminations		(3,519,265	)		(3,378,658	)

	$	—		$	—

Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	390,292		$	402,881
Steel products		(33,044	)		(35,895	)
Raw materials		14,572			60,254
All other		(569	)		3,203
Corporate/eliminations		(146,189	)		(164,188	)

	$	225,062		$	266,255


	March 31, 2012			Dec. 31, 2011
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	6,680,986		$	6,440,868
Steel products		2,938,885			2,903,281
Raw materials		3,032,485			2,925,651
All other		205,872			152,107
Corporate/eliminations		1,956,237			2,148,443

	$	14,814,465		$	14,570,350

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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