51.   The Bush administration last week asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate whether domestic steel producers were being harmed.

52.   The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based steel producer said it filled all orders from the shipyard.

53.   The company already bought two thirds of another bankrupt steel producer, Sammi Steel Co.

54.   The government failed three times to auction Hanbo to rival steel producers.

55.   The good news for steel producers and investors has come mostly from the supply side.

56.   The largest users, automakers, say, or big appliance makers, are such important customers for steel producers that competition may keep their prices low.

57.   The strikes halted production at Hyundai Motor Co. and other leading car manufacturers and steel producers.

58.   The Topix was led down by electronics companies such as Toshiba Corp., along with precision instrument makers and steel producers.

59.   The trade commission must decide whether steel producers have suffered injury because of a sudden import surge.

60.   They go on to describe how individual companies either improved through drastic changes or took advantage of weaknesses of the big steel producers and found profitable market niches.