International Steel Group

Defunct U.S. steel company (2002–2005)

International Steel Group Inc.

Industry| Steel
Founded| April 2002; 23 years ago (2002-04)
Founder| Wilbur Ross
Defunct| April 15, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-04-15)
Fate| Acquired by Mittal Steel Company
Headquarters|

Cleveland, Ohio

U.S.

Revenue|  US$9.015 billion (2004)

Net income

|  US$1.027 billion (2004)
Total assets|  US$4.488 billion (2004)
Total equity|  US$2.004 billion (2004)

Number of employees

| 15,500 (2004)
Footnotes / references
[1]

International Steel Group Inc. (ISG), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, was one the largest integrated steel producers in North America. It had annual raw steel production capability of 23 million net tons.[1] In April 2005, the company was acquired by Mittal Steel Company.

## History

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The company was formed in April 2002 by affiliates of Wilbur Ross.[1]

In April 2002, the company acquired the assets of bankrupt Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), including facilities in Cleveland, Indiana Harbor and Hennepin, for $83.4 million in cash. In May 2002, ISG purchased inventories from LTV for $52.4 million in cash.[1][2]

In October 2002, ISG acquired an idled sheet strip mill and basic oxygen furnace in Riverdale, Illinois from bankrupt Acme Steel for $60.9 million in cash.[1][3]

In May 2003, ISG acquired the assets of bankrupt Bethlehem Steel for net $822.6 million in cash, including payments of $81.6 million for transition assistance for employees represented by the United Steelworkers of America trade union. The assets acquired included steelmaking and finishing facilities in Burns Harbor, Indiana; Sparrows Point, Maryland; Coatesville, Pennsylvania; and Steelton, Pennsylvania, and rolling and finishing facilities in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; Lackawanna, New York; and Columbus, Ohio.[1][4][5]

In December 2003, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.[1][6]

In May 2004, ISG acquired the assets of bankrupt Weirton Steel, the second largest producer of tin mill products in the U.S., for $187 million in cash.[1][7]

In June 2004, ISG acquired the assets of bankrupt Georgetown Steel for $18 million in cash.[1][8]

In July 2004, ISG acquired an idled hot-briquetted iron facility in Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago for $18 million in cash. It was restarted in November 2004.[1][9]

In April 2005, the company was acquired by Mittal Steel Company.[10] Ross personally made a $260 million profit on his $3 million investment.[11]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "International Steel Group Inc. 2004 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 28, 2005.
2. ^ "ISG forges steel powerhouse from industry's ruins". Chicago Tribune. June 2, 2004.
3. ^ "ISG agrees to buy shuttered Acme Steel". The Times of Northwest Indiana. August 14, 2002.
4. ^ "ISG Completes Bethlehem Steel Purchase". Huron Daily Tribune. May 7, 2003.
5. ^ Beltran, Luisa (May 8, 2003). "ISG makes it three with Bethlehem". MarketWatch.
6. ^ "ISG's IPO takes off". Crain Communications. December 12, 2003.
7. ^ "ISG Completes Purchase of Weirton Steel Assets". Association for Iron and Steel Technology. May 19, 2004.
8. ^ "ISG to Purchase Georgetown Steel Facility". Association for Iron and Steel Technology. May 4, 2004.
9. ^ "ISG Successfully Launches HBI Facility in Trinidad". Association for Iron and Steel Technology. November 19, 2004.
10. ^ "Mittal Steel Completes Merger of U.S. Operations". Association for Iron and Steel Technology. January 4, 2006.
11. ^ Sanchez, Luis (June 11, 2018). "Fox News host calls out Wilbur Ross over conflicts of interest on investments". The Hill.

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Iron production
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| Smelting|

* Bloomery (produces sponge iron)
* Blast furnace (produces pig iron)
* Cold blast
* Hot blast
* Anthracite iron
* Direct reduced iron

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Secondary|

* Wrought iron (via Finery forge or Reverberatory Puddling Furnace)
* Cast iron (via Cupola furnace or Induction furnace)

Steelmaking
(Steel mill)|

| Primary (Pre-1850)|

* Pattern welding
* Crucible steel (Damascus steel, Wootz steel)
* Tatara furnace
* Cementation process

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Primary (Post-1850)|

* Bessemer process
* Open hearth furnace
* Electric arc furnace
* Basic oxygen process

Secondary|

* Electro-slag remelting
* Vacuum arc remelting
* Argon oxygen decarburization

Heat treatment methods|

| Annealing|

* Low hydrogen
* Short circuit

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Hardening /
Case-hardening|

* Ausforming
* Boriding
* Carbonitriding
* Carburizing
* Cryogenic
* Ferritic nitrocarburizing
* Induction
* Nitriding
* Precipitation
* Quench polish quench

Tempering|

* Austempering
* Martempering

* Cryogenic treatment (Deburring
* Deflashing
* Hardening)
* Differential heat treatment
* Decarburization
* Forming gas
* Post weld heat treatment
* Quenching
* Superplastic forming

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