Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2015

Nucor’s results by segment were as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended
	April 4, 2015			April 5, 2014
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,053,339		$	3,607,764
Steel products		921,384			874,169
Raw materials		424,717			626,511

	$	4,399,440		$	5,108,444

Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	574,983		$	708,866
Steel products		19,497			21,500
Raw materials		1,832,918			2,528,006
Corporate/eliminations		(2,427,398	)		(3,258,372	)

	$	—		$	—

Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	217,128		$	317,797
Steel products		32,458			1,720
Raw materials		(41,497	)		8,359
Corporate/eliminations		(89,044	)		(120,375	)

	$	119,045		$	207,501


	April 4, 2015			December 31, 2014
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	8,008,557		$	8,535,910
Steel products		2,629,853			2,711,798
Raw materials		3,741,180			3,927,159
Corporate/eliminations		475,848			441,060

	$	14,855,438		$	15,615,927

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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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