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Nippon Steel Completes Its Takeover of US Steel

This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a logo of Nippon Steel in Tokyo, Japan. Nippon Steel announced Wednesday that it has officially completed its acquisition of U.S. Steel, making the American steelmaker a wholly owned subsidiary. Photo by Xinhua/Jia Haocheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nippon Steel Completes Its Takeover of US Steel

This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a logo of Nippon Steel in Tokyo, Japan. Nippon Steel announced Wednesday that it has officially completed its acquisition of U.S. Steel, making the American steelmaker a wholly owned subsidiary. Photo by Xinhua/Jia Haocheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nippon Steel Completes Its Takeover of US Steel

A man walks past a logo of Nippon Steel in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2025. Nippon Steel announced Wednesday that it has officially completed its acquisition of U.S. Steel, making the American steelmaker a wholly owned subsidiary. Photo by Xinhua/Jia Haocheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nippon Steel Completes Its Takeover of US Steel

A man walks past a logo of Nippon Steel in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2025. Nippon Steel announced Wednesday that it has officially completed its acquisition of U.S. Steel, making the American steelmaker a wholly owned subsidiary. Photo by Xinhua/Jia Haocheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arcelor Mittal Dunkerque Steel Production Site - France

Blast furnace and general view of the Arcelor Mittal Dunkirk steelworks. The Dunkirk site is one of Europe's largest steelworks, employing 3,350 people. The Dunkirk site produces 7 million tonnes of steel a year, with three blast furnaces and a steel mill to supply the hot-rolling mills at Dunkirk and Florange. Steelmaker Arcelormittal is to cut jobs at seven sites in northern France, due to the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and a transfer to India of certain support functions at all its European sites, management said on April 30, 2025. Dunkerque, France, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.

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Nakayama Steel

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 29, 2012. Sources said the same day the electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand.

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Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. Chairman Shoji Muneoka (R) and President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, after the company was established by the merger of major steelmakers Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. to become the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. Chairman Shoji Muneoka (R) and President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, after the company was established by the merger of major steelmakers Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. to become the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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FTC senior official Fukamachi

TOKYO, Japan - Masanori Fukamachi, senior officer for mergers and acquisitions at the Economic Affairs Bureau of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011. The antimonopoly watchdog announced the same day that it has conditionally approved the planned merger between Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., paving the way for the creation of the world's second-largest steelmaker by output.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2011. The two companies announced they have agreed to merge on Oct. 1, 2012, creating the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L center) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono (R center) speak to reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to merge by Oct. 1, 2012, to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to integrate management

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands prior to a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to integrate their management in October 2012 to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.

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Nippon Steel expects 15 bil. yen net loss in FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka speaks about the company's group earnings estimates for fiscal 2009 during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2010. The steelmaker revised the estimates downward, projecting a group net loss of 15 billion yen, the first loss in seven years.

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Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company.

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Nippon Steel VP Shoji Muneoka promoted to president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp.'s Vice President and President-designate Shoji Muneoka (L) shakes hands with the company's outgoing president, Akio Mimura, at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17 after the nation's top steelmaker announced top management changes. Mimura, 67, will become board chairman. The personnel changes will take effect April 1.

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Nippon Steel seeks to realize cooperative ties with Mittal: CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Mimura, president of Nippon Steel Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 19. Mimura said the company will seek to realize a cooperative relationship with Mittal Steel Co. of the Netherlands, the world's biggest steelmaker.

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(1)JFE steel plant probed after highly alkaline water found in sea

CHIBA, Japan - Pictured on Feb. 3 is JFE Steel Corp.'s plant in Chiba, where the Japan Coast Guard has launched an investigation after detecting excessively high alkalinity levels in the sea near the plant. The coast guard suspects the major steelmaker may have violated the water pollution prevention law.

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10 firms develop clean-air alternative to diesel truck

TOKYO, Japan - Trading firm Itochu Corp., steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc. and eight other entities said May 25 they have succeeded in developing a clean-air alternative to a diesel-engine truck, using dimethyl ether produced from natural gas. The 8-ton truck (in photo) can travel up to 600 kilometers when its two tanks are filled with dimethyl ether. The fuel is considered a promising alternative to diesel oil as it produces no sulfur oxide or

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Nippon Steel, Shanghai Baoshan ink joint venture accord

SHANGHAI, China - Representatives from Nippon Steel Corp. and Shanghai Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., China's largest steelmaker, sign an agreement at a Shanghai hotel on July 22 to set up a joint venture to manufacture steel sheets for automobiles.

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(3)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - Liu Zonggen, 72, one of five Chinese plaintiffs, throws up his fist in anger at a news conference Jan. 15 after the Kyoto rejected their suit seeking compensation from a major steelmaker and the central government for forcibly bringing them to Japan and making them work in nickel mines in Kyoto Prefecture during World War II.

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(2)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - A lawyer for Chinese plaintiffs come out of the Kyoto District Court on Jan. 15, with banners calling a decision by the court as ''unjust.'' The court rejected a suit filed by former Chinese laborers and bereaved family members seeking compensation from a major steelmaker and the central government for forcibly bringing them to Japan and making them work in nickel mines in Kyoto Prefecture during World War II.

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(1)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters walk to the Kyoto District Court on Jan. 15. The court rejected a suit filed by former Chinese laborers and bereaved family members seeking compensation from a major steelmaker and the central government for forcibly bringing them to Japan and making them work in nickel mines in Kyoto Prefecture during World War II.

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NKK, Kawasaki Steel set up firm ahead of integration

TOKYO, Japan - Kanji Emoto (R), chairman of JFE Holdings Inc., and Yoichi Shimogaichi, JFE Holdings president, attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27, the same day NKK Corp. and Kawasaki Steel Corp. set up the joint holding company as the first step in forming the JFE Group and becoming the world's fourth largest integrated steelmaker.

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Kawasaki, NKK to integrate operations in 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Shimogaichi (L), president of NKK Corp., Japan's second-largest steelmaker, and Kanji Emoto, president of Kawasaki Steel Corp., ranking third, shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on April 13. They announced that the two companies have agreed to integrate their operations in October 2002 under a joint holding company.

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(1)Kawasaki Steel, NKK to integrate operations

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Tokyo of major steelmaker NKK Corp., which reportedly agreed April 13 with Kawasaki Steel Corp. to integrate operations. Their combined annual crude steel production would total 23 million tons, close to the output of Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.