Weirton Steel Corp.

Weirton Steel Corporation WSC sold substantially all of its assets to ISG Weirton, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Steel Group, Inc. in May 2004, pursuant to its filing of voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in 2003. Previously, Weirton Steel Corporation produced flat-rolled carbon steel, tin mill products TMP, and sheet products. TMP included tin plate, chrome coated, and black plate steels principally for the container and packaging industry. Sheet products included hot and cold rolled and both hot-dipped and electrolytic galvanized steel for various applications, including among others the construction, appliance, and automotive industries. The company was founded in 1982. In September, 2004, Weirton Steel Corp. went out of businessas per its Chapter 11 liquidation filing under bankruptcy.