1.   Nucor, a steel maker, maintains double-digit growth in an industry that has been shrinking.

2.   Among decliners was steel maker, Cia. Siderurgica de Tubarao, or CST.

3.   Among his favorite stocks in the group are steel makers LTV Corp. and Inland Steel Industries Inc. and General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp.

4.   An American firm may join with a foreign steel maker to produce one kind of steel but accuse that same foreign firm of unfair trade when their products compete.

5.   Another steel maker, Cia. Siderurgica Nacional, or CSN, led a rise in steel industry.

6.   Asami said machine orders rose so modestly in the quarter because electrical machine and steel makers cut back on high levels of investment.

7.   Aside from their own high costs, the biggest blow to American steel makers in recent years has been the strong dollar, which makes all imports cheaper.

8.   Automakers in Detroit and builders in New York work closely with domestic steel makers to analyze how newer, stronger, more flexible steels can improve their products.

9.   Backed by an army of lawyers, American steel makers have been attacking imports for decades, successfully winning over one administration after another.

10.   Besides CANTV and Mavesa, Tull also likes steel maker Siderurgica Venezolana Sivensa, which is expected to soon be approved for a New York Stock Exchange listing.