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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 15) $ 1,024,144us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 1,483,252us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Short-term investments (Notes 4 and 15) 100,000us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments 28,191us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments
Accounts receivable, net (Note 5) 2,068,298us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 1,810,987us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories, net (Note 6) 2,745,032us-gaap_InventoryNet 2,605,609us-gaap_InventoryNet
Other current assets (Notes 10, 14 and 20) 504,414us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 482,007us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 6,441,888us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 6,410,046us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 7) 5,287,639us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 4,917,024us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Goodwill (Note 9) 2,068,664us-gaap_Goodwill 1,973,608us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets, net (Note 9) 862,093us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet 874,154us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Other assets (Note 10) 955,643us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 1,028,451us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets 15,615,927us-gaap_Assets 15,203,283us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:    
Short-term debt (Notes 12 and 15) 207,476us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 29,202us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Long-term debt due within one year (Notes 12 and 15) 16,335us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 3,300us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Accounts payable (Note 11) 993,872us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 1,117,078us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Salaries, wages and related accruals (Note 18) 352,488us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent 282,860us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (Notes 11, 14, 16 and 20) 527,605us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 527,776us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 2,097,776us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 1,960,216us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt due after one year (Notes 12 and 15) 4,360,600us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 4,376,900us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Deferred credits and other liabilities (Notes 14, 16, 18 and 20) 1,082,433us-gaap_DeferredTaxAndOtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 955,889us-gaap_DeferredTaxAndOtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities 7,540,809us-gaap_Liabilities 7,293,005us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 14 and 16)      
Nucor stockholders' equity (Notes 13 and 17):    
Common stock (800,000 shares authorized; 378,092 and 377,525 shares issued, respectively) 151,237us-gaap_CommonStockValue 151,010us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid-in capital 1,883,356us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 1,843,353us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Retained earnings 7,378,214us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 7,140,440us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of income taxes (Notes 2, 14 and 21) (145,708)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 9,080us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Treasury stock (59,059 and 59,197 shares, respectively) (1,494,629)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (1,498,114)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total Nucor stockholders' equity 7,772,470us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 7,645,769us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interests 302,648us-gaap_MinorityInterest 264,509us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total equity 8,075,118us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 7,910,278us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total liabilities and equity $ 15,615,927us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 15,203,283us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity