Letters of credit obtained from customers to guarantee payment of open accounts receivable as of the reporting date.

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Other Asset Impairment Charges, Accelerated Depreciation

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Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of payments made in excess of existing cash balances, which will be honored by the bank but reflected as a loan to the entity. Overdrafts generally have a very short time frame for correction or repayment and are therefore more similar to short-term bank financing than trade financing.

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The amount of cash deposited in financial institutions as of the balance sheet date that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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Amount, after adjustment, of cost-method investment. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, dividends received in excess of earnings after date of investment that are considered a return of investment and other than temporary impairments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75025870&loc=d3e40691-111596

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
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-Section 35
-Paragraph 2
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Original amount of cost-method investments at the acquisition date.

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Amount of gain (loss) from the difference between the sale price or salvage price and the book value of an asset that was sold or retired, and gain (loss) from the write down of assets from their carrying value to fair value.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Book Overdrafts	$ 30,000,000		$ 21,000,000
Cost Method Investment, Original Cost				$ 6,000,000
Cost Method Investment, Carrying Value	6,000,000		6,000,000
Cash, FDIC Insured Amount	250,000
Customer Issued Letters Of Credit	44,000,000		$ 48,000,000
Cascade Steel and Scrap
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accelerated Depreciation (less than $1 million for 2016)	1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Gain on Sale of Assets	$ 1,000,000