1.   Scholtens said lower demand in Asia could hurt European steelmakers as Russian companies that normally export to Asia may be forced to sell excess steel in Europe.

2.   Selling steel at a good price to Americans who want to buy it.

3.   Weirton Steel Corp., Weirton, W.Va., announced a joint venture with the London-based Balli Group PLC to sell steel overseas.

4.   WhiteLight of Dallas sells steel caskets decorated with an image created by applying a laminated photo mural on the casket.

5.   Last Friday, the Clinton administration said that Japanese and Brazilian producers sold steel in the United States at prices dramatically below production costs or home-market prices.

6.   Latrobe Steel, based in Latrobe, Pa., makes and sells specialty steels.