21.   While all these appeals were flying back and forth in the United States, the three Japanese steel makers had taken the fight to another venue.

22.   An executive of a Japanese steel maker said industrial relations is a major factor in investment decisions.

23.   Australian iron ore suppliers have won marginal increases in the price of iron ore bought by Japanese steel mills, breaching a wide divide between the two.

24.   Coal price negotiations being held this week between Australian producers and Japanese steel mills could result in the best prices for the commodity for several years, analysts said.

25.   Delivery tonnages for BHP, CRA and North to the Japanese steel mills remain at the same levels as last year.

26.   Earlier this month, the U.S. International Trade Commission approved punitive tariffs to combat low-priced Japanese steel shipments.

27.   Increased production by Japanese steel makers and heavy capital investment by Brazilian iron ore producers should help push up the price.

28.   Japan on Wednesday filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization against U.S. antidumping measures on Japanese steel sheet, saying they violate WTO rules, officials said.

29.   Japanese steel is the biggest problem, but South Korean steel exports also are on the rise.

30.   Japanese officials said that the two countries also discussed Japanese steel shipments to the United States.