11.   ARGENTINE shares plunged to their lowest level since May, led by steel producers, after a study indicated industrial growth could be slowing.

12.   BETHLEHEM QUITTING STRUCTURAL STEEL Bethlehem Steel, the last major steel producer to battle the minimills for the structural steel market, conceded defeat.

13.   A rally in steel producers slowed today as optimism waned that recent tariffs imposed on steel imports from the former Soviet Union will boost profits.

14.   A spokesman for National Steel, the fifth-largest U.S. steel producer, declined to disclose terms of the settlement.

15.   AK Steel is among the first large U.S. steel producers to report second-quarter earnings.

16.   But the panelist, Peter Luvuyo Ntshona, an executive for Iscor, a major steel producer, said that many black Americans came here with an offensive attitude.

17.   Cemex SA and the largest bottlers, banks and steel producers led the decline, along with retailers Grupo Elektra SA and Cifra SA.

18.   Cement and steel producers, in particular, have reported significant increases in production, he added.

19.   Cemex SA and the largest bottlers, banks and steel producers led the decline along with retailers Grupo Elektra SA and Cifra SA.

20.   Colombian producers have repeatedly charged Venezuelan steel producers with dumping steel.