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ownership in the next century; in 1850 approximately 20,000 tons of iron and cast iron each were produced, by 1869 this had increased 15 blast furnaces and a production of well over 100,000 tons of cast iron and iron each. Production included rails, bars, sheet, tin and wire.
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4. Unimétal is a steel producer currently owned by the Aster company, itself wholly owned by the Usinor group. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries Société Métallurgique de
Revigny (SMR) and Tréfileurope, Unimétal produces and sells bright bars and drawn
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in north-eastern France. Over the next one hundred years industrial production grew, and, in 1822 the first coke fired blast furnace in France was constructed. Further growth occurred under
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affected both the steelmaking groups, already in debt from modernisation projects, and heavily reliant on state loans; in 1981 both Usinor and
Sacilor was nationalised.
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the region returned to France, and the factories regained. Production continued to increase, with over 1.5million tons of iron and cast iron each produced in 1929.
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322:). The financial crisis of the 1970s affected the company negatively, and state investment grew. In 1979 another merger took place between Usinor and the smaller
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Usinor restructured as primarily a flat carbon steel producer in the last years of the 20th century, and disposed of several speciality steel product and
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in 1986; Both companies were making heavy losses; in
September 1986 the merger of Usinor and Sacilor was announced forming
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in 1991. In 1995 the company was privatised, and in 1997 the entire group renamed
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affected the company's ability to invest and in 1948 nine steelmakers formed the
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744:"Commission authorises acquisition of Sogerail (France) by British Steel (UK)"
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was a French steel making group formed in 1948. The group was merged with
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Les Hauts
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in 1971, receiving materials by sea and from abroad.
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Philippe Dryon, Estelle
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