Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

4.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: Property, plant and equipment is recorded net of accumulated depreciation of $7.32 billion at April 4, 2015 ($7.17 billion at December 31, 2014).

Included within property, plant and equipment, net at April 4, 2015, is $22.2 million of assets, net of accumulated depreciation, under a capital lease agreement ($22.8 million at December 31, 2014). The gross amount of property, plant and equipment acquired under the capital lease was $25.4 million, which was not included in capital expenditures on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows in 2014. Total obligations associated with this capital lease agreement were $22.6 million at April 4, 2015 ($23.2 million at December 31, 2014), of which $2.2 million was classified in accrued expenses and other current liabilities ($2.2 million at December 31, 2014) and $20.4 million was classified in deferred credits and other liabilities ($21.0 million at December 31, 2014).

In 2013, one of three iron ore storage domes collapsed at Nucor Steel Louisiana in St. James Parish. As a result, Nucor recorded a partial write-down of assets at the facility, including $21.0 million of property, plant and equipment and $7.0 million of inventory, offset by a $14.0 million insurance receivable that was based on management’s best estimate of probable insurance recoveries. As of April 4, 2015, Nucor has received initial payments of $10.3 million related to the insurance receivable. The two remaining storage domes have a carrying value of approximately $20.3 million. Nucor continues to assess these two domes and the assets associated with them. As a result of the ongoing assessment, it is possible that Nucor will make operational decisions that could impact the carrying value of the domes and associated assets and the amount of insurance proceeds claimed by and payable to us.

Included in property plant and equipment within the steel mills segment at April 4, 2015, and December 31, 2014, is approximately $84.1 million related to the anticipated further development activities at the St. James Parish site, the majority of which are engineering designs. Changes to the anticipated development activities at this site could result in full or partial impairment of these capitalized assets.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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