Nucor-Yamato Steel.(Voest-Alpine Schienen)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Purchasing, March, 2001

Nucor-Yamato Steel and Voest-Alpine Schienen may build a rail mill in North America. The proposed mill will produce high-quality head-hardened rails in weldfree lengths up to 320 feet. Voest-Alpine Schienen is the rail-making unit of Voest Alpine Stahl, Austria's largest steel producer. Beam-maker Nucor-Yamato Steel is owned by steelmakers Nucor and Yamato Kogyo of Japan.