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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
                       AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

         This SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT dated as
of October 1, 2003 (this "Amendment"), by and among (a) METALLURG, INC., a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 6 East 43rd
Street, New York, New York 10017 ("MI"), SHIELDALLOY METALLURGICAL CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 12 West
Boulevard, Newfield, New Jersey 08344 ("SMC") and METALLURG INTERNATIONAL
RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company having its principal place
of business at 6 East 43rd Street, New York, New York 10017 ("MIR" and together
with MI and SMC, the "Borrowers"), (b) METALLURG SERVICES, INC., a New York
corporation having its principal place of business at 6 East 43rd Street, New
York, New York 10017 ("MSI"), MIR (CHINA), INC., a Delaware corporation having
its principal place of business at 6 East 43rd Street, New York, New York 10017
("MIR China"), METALLURG HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a New York corporation having its
principal place of business at 6 East 43rd Street, New York, New York 10017
("MHC"), and METALLURG (CANADA) LTEE./METALLURG (CANADA) LTD., a corporation
organized under the laws of Quebec ("MCL", and collectively with MHC, MSI and
MIR China, the "Guarantors"), (c) FLEET NATIONAL BANK (formerly known as
BankBoston, N.A.), a national banking association, as agent (in such capacity
the "Agent") for itself and the other financial institutions from time to time
parties to the Loan Agreement referred to below (collectively, the "Banks"); and
(d) the BANKS, amends certain provisions of the Amended and Restated Loan
Agreement dated as of October 29, 1999, by and among the Borrowers, the
Guarantors, the Agent and the Banks (as amended by that certain First Amendment
thereto, dated as of October 11, 2000, that certain Second Amendment thereto,
dated as of November 3, 2000, that certain Third Amendment thereto, dated as of
July 2, 2001, that certain Fourth Amendment thereto, dated as of December 13,
2001, that certain Fifth Amendment thereto, dated as of December 20, 2002, and
that certain Sixth Amendment thereto, dated as of January 30, 2003, the "Loan
Agreement").

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Guarantors have requested that the Agent
and the Banks consent to the "Transactions" as defined in that certain letter
agreement, dated as of the date hereof, from the Agent to the Borrowers and the
Guarantors (a copy of such letter agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit B)
(the "Consent");

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Guarantors have requested that the Agent
and the Banks consent to the cash sale by MCL of all or substantially all of
MCL's inventory in Canada to SMC (the "Canadian Inventory Sale") and the
subsequent distribution (in the form of a cash dividend) of all of the sales
proceeds received by MCL in connection therewith to MI (the "Cash Dividend",
together with the Canadian Inventory Sale, the "Canadian Transaction");

         WHEREAS, the Agent and the Banks are willing to deliver the Consent and
consent to the Canadian Transaction only if the terms of the Loan Agreement are
contemporaneously amended as hereinafter set forth;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained in
the Loan Agreement and herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:








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         'SS'1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
that are defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as in
the Loan Agreement.

         'SS'2. Consent to Canadian Transaction. The Banks and the Agent hereby
consent to the Canadian Transaction so long as (a) all documents relating to the
Canadian Transaction shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent,
(b) the Canadian Inventory Sale shall have occurred no later than December 31,
2003, and (c) all of the cash proceeds from the Canadian Transaction, net of all
costs of sale, underwriting or brokerage costs, and taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof together with all disbursements associated with winding down the
business of MCL are distributed by MCL to MI in the form of a cash dividend not
later than June 30, 2004. The Banks and the Agent hereby consent to the release
of MCL from its guarantee under the Loan Agreement upon consummation of the
Canadian Transaction in accordance with the foregoing terms, so long as, to the
actual knowledge of the account officers of the Agent active upon the Borrowers'
account, no Event of Default shall be outstanding on the date of such release.
The Banks authorize the Agent to enter into appropriate release documents
necessary in order to release MCL from its guarantee under the Loan Agreement as
provided in the foregoing consent. Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees to take
all action and execute all documents that the Agent may reasonably request to
enable the Agent to obtain a valid and perfected first-priority security
interest, for the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, in SMC's inventory in
Canada.

         'SS'3. Amendment to Loan Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein and the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:

         'SS'3.1 Amendments to 'SS'1 of the Loan Agreement.

                  (a) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the following defined terms in their entirety:

                      Eligible Fixed Assets
                      Determined Value

                  (b) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further
amended by restating the definition of Applicable Margin in its entirety as
follows:

         "Applicable Margin: For each period commencing on an Adjustment Date
through the date immediately preceding the next Adjustment Date (each a "Rate
Adjustment Period"), the Applicable Margin shall be the applicable margin set
forth below with respect to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as determined for
the Reference Period ending on the fiscal quarter ended immediately preceding
the applicable Rate Adjustment Period.

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<CAPTION>


                                                          Base      Letter
                                         Eurodollar       Rate        of           Commitment
                     Fixed Charge        Rate Loan        Loan      Credit      Fee Percentage
         Level      Coverage Ratio         Margin        Margin     Margin      --------------
         -----      --------------         ------        ------     ------
     <S>           <C>                    <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>
           I       Less than or equal to    2.50%        1.00%       2.75%         .500%
                   1.10:1.00
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     <S>           <C>                    <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>
          II       Greater than 1.10:1.00   2.25%        0.50%       2.50%         .375%
                   but less than or equal
                   to 1.25:1.00

          III      Greater than 1.25:1.00   2.00%        0.00%       2.25%         .250%
</TABLE>

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrowers fail to deliver any
certificate when required by 'SS'9.1(a)(iv) hereof then, for the period
commencing on the next Adjustment Date to occur subsequent to such failure
through the day immediately following the date on which such certificate is
delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the Applicable Margin set forth above
in Level I."

                  (c) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further
amended by restating the definition of Borrowing Base in its entirety as
follows:

                  "Borrowing Base: At the relevant time of reference thereto, an
         amount determined by the Agent by reference to the most recent
         Borrowing Base Report, which is equal to

                  (a) the sum of

                           (i) 85% of Eligible Accounts at such time with
                           respect to account debtors with their chief executive
                           office or a branch office located within the United
                           States of American and invoiced to and payable from
                           such office; plus

                           (ii) 55% of the net book value (valued on an average
                           cost basis at the lower of cost or market (except as
                           provided below in this definition) by the Borrowers
                           in a manner consistent with their past practices) of
                           Eligible Consignment Accounts at such time; plus

                           (iii) 55% of the net book value (valued on an average
                           cost basis at the lower of cost or market (except as
                           provided below in this definition) by the Borrowers
                           in a manner consistent with their past practices) of
                           Eligible Inventory located within the United States
                           of America at such time; plus

                           (iv) the lesser of (A) 85% of Eligible Accounts at
                           such time with respect to account debtors of SMC with
                           their chief executive office or a branch office
                           located within Canada and invoiced to and payable
                           from such office and 55% of the net book value
                           (valued on an average cost basis at the lower of cost
                           or market (except as provided below in this
                           definition) by SMC in a manner consistent with their
                           past practices) of Eligible Inventory located within
                           Canada at such time and (B) $3,500,000; plus

                           (v) the Special Cash Collateral Account Balance at
                           such time; plus

                  (b) solely until the period ending March 31, 2004, an amount
equal to the lesser of

                           (i) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time, and

                           (iii) $3,500,000 minus the amount determined at such
                           time under clause (a)(iv) of this definition; plus



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                  (c) 55% of the maximum aggregate amount that the beneficiaries
                  may draw under outstanding documentary Letters of Credit
                  issued in connection with the purchase of inventory by the
                  Borrowers solely to the extent that such inventory being
                  purchased, immediately upon any drawing of any such
                  documentary Letter of Credit, would constitute Eligible
                  Inventory located within the United States of America; minus

                  (d) the amount of any Warehousemen Lien Reserve with respect
                  to inventory of the Borrowers at such time.

         Notwithstanding that the Eligible Consignment Accounts and Eligible
         Inventory of the Borrowers shall be reported at the lower of cost or
         market as provided above, the Agent and the Banks hereby acknowledge
         that the Borrowers review their inventory for market adjustment on a
         quarterly basis only. The Borrowers hereby agree to adjust their
         inventory to the lower of cost or market on a more current basis in the
         event of any material decrease in the market price for any such
         inventory which would cause the amount of Eligible Consignment Accounts
         and/or Eligible Inventory to be materially misstated if not so
         currently adjusted, and at any time during which the amount of unused
         availability that the Borrowers may use to request Loans or Letters of
         Credit hereunder shall be less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate, the
         Agent may, in its discretion, require the Borrowers to adjust their
         inventory to the lower of cost or market on a monthly basis.

                  The Borrowing Base shall be determined monthly (or at such
         other interval as may be specified pursuant to 'SS'9.1(a)(v)) by the
         Agent by reference to the Borrowing Base Report. The components of the
         Borrowing Base and the Canadian Borrowing Base, the advance rates
         provided for therein, and the definitions contained in this Agreement
         governing eligibility criteria for such components of the Borrowing
         Base and the Canadian Borrowing Base may hereafter be adjusted or
         revised by the Agent in its reasonable judgment on the basis of any
         then recently completed commercial finance examination or appraisal or
         other information then recently delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent
         and the Banks."

                  (d) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further
amended by restating the definition of Borrowing Base Availability in its
entirety as follows:

                  "Borrowing Base Availability: On any Business Day of
         determination, the excess of (a) the Borrowing Base, determined by
         reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Report delivered to the
         Banks and the Agent, over (b) the aggregate amount of Total
         Outstandings at the close of business on such day."


                  (e) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further
amended by restating the definition of Canadian Borrowing Base in its entirety
as follows:

         "Canadian Borrowing Base: At the relevant time of reference thereto, an
amount determined by the Agent by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base
Report delivered to the Banks and the Agent pursuant to 'SS'9.1(a)(v), which is
equal to the lesser of

         (a) $3,500,000, and

         (b) the sum of



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                  (i) 85%, of Eligible Canadian Accounts at such time, plus

                  (ii) (1) from October 1, 2003 through November 1, 2003, 55%,
                  and (2) from and after November 1, 2003, 0%, of the net book
                  value (valued on an average cost basis at the lower of cost or
                  market (except as provided below in this definition) by MCL in
                  a manner consistent with its past practice) of Eligible
                  Canadian Inventory at such time;, plus

                  (iii) (1) from October 1, 2003 through November 1, 2003, 55%,
                  and (2) from and after November 1, 2003, 0%, of the maximum
                  aggregate amount that the beneficiaries may draw under
                  outstanding documentary Letters of Credit issued for the
                  account of MCL in connection with the purchase of inventory by
                  MCL solely to the extent that such inventory being purchased,
                  immediately upon any drawing of any such documentary Letter of
                  Credit, would constitute Eligible Canadian Inventory, minus

                  (iv) the amount of any Warehousemen Lien Reserve with respect
                  to inventory of MCL at such time.

         For purposes of determining the Canadian Borrowing Base, in order to
         convert the value of Eligible Canadian Accounts and Eligible Canadian
         Inventory from a given amount of Canadian currency into Dollars, such
         conversion shall be made at the Agent's spot rate of exchange for
         buying Dollars with such amount of Canadian currency prevailing at the
         Agent's close of business as of the first Business Day of the month
         during which the date of determination occurs or as of such other date
         as the Agent may from time to time reasonably require. Notwithstanding
         that the Eligible Canadian Inventory of MCL shall be reported at the
         lower of cost or market as provided above, the Agent and the Banks
         hereby acknowledge that MCL reviews its inventory for market adjustment
         on a quarterly basis only. The Borrowers hereby agree to cause MCL to
         adjust its inventory to the lower of cost or market on a more current
         basis in the event of any material decrease in the market price for any
         such inventory which would cause the amount of Eligible Canadian
         Inventory to be materially misstated if not so currently adjusted, and
         at any time during which the amount of unused availability that the
         Borrowers may use to request Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder shall
         be less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate, the Agent may, in its
         discretion, require the Borrowers to cause MCL to adjust its inventory
         to the lower of cost or market on a monthly basis."

                  (f) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
restating the definition of Eligible Accounts in its entirety as follows:

                  "Eligible Accounts: Those Accounts of the Borrowers (net of
         any finance charges, late charges, credits, rebates, contras or other
         offsets, commissions, counterclaims or adjustments) (a) which the
         Borrowers reasonably determine to be collectible, (b) the account
         debtors in respect of which are not reasonably deemed uncreditworthy by
         the Majority Banks, are not debtors in any bankruptcy, insolvency,
         liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or similar case or proceeding
         or assignors for the benefit of creditors, are not affiliated with the
         Borrowers or the Guarantors, and purchased the goods or services for
         reasonably equivalent value, (c) which are not outstanding for more
         than ninety (90) days past the earlier to occur of (i) the date of
         invoice and (ii) the date of shipment (as to goods) or of provision (as
         to services), (d) which are not more than sixty (60) days past due from
         the due date thereof and which are on terms not to exceed thirty (30)
         days, (e) over which there is no Lien in favor of any person or entity
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         than the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, and in
         which the Agent has a valid and perfected first-priority security
         interest, (f) which are in payment of fully performed and undisputed
         obligations, (g) that are not due from any account debtor with respect
         to which more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of all
         Accounts owing from such account debtor are not Eligible Accounts by
         reason of the foregoing clauses (c) or (d), (h) which are not
         Consignment Accounts, (i) which are payable in Dollars from an account
         debtor with its chief executive office or a branch office located
         within the United States of America and invoiced to and payable from
         such office or which are payable in Dollars or Canadian Dollars from an
         account debtor of SMC with its chief executive office or a branch
         office located within Canada and invoiced to and payable from such
         office (except to the extent that the Agent in its sole discretion
         shall have agreed to include Accounts payable by certain specified
         account debtors from offices outside of the United States of America,
         provided, that the Agent may in its discretion, upon thirty (30) days
         prior notice to the Borrowers, exclude any such Accounts payable from
         offices outside of the United States of America and theretofore
         includable in Eligible Accounts), (j) that are not due from an account
         debtor located in Minnesota or New Jersey unless the owner of such
         Account (i) has received a certificate of authority to do business and
         is in good standing in such state or (ii) has filed a notice of
         business activities report with the appropriate office or agency of
         such state for the current year, and (k) that are not supported by a
         letter of credit unless the Agent has a prior, perfected security
         interest in such letter of credit for the benefit of the Banks and the
         Agent."

                  (g) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
         restating the definition of Eligible Consignment Accounts in its
         entirety as follows:

                  "Eligible Consignment Accounts: Consignment Inventory of SMC
         located within the United States of America which would constitute
         Eligible Inventory but for the provisions of clause (d) of the
         definition of Eligible Inventory (a) as to which appropriate Uniform
         Commercial Code financing statements showing SMC as debtor and the
         Agent as secured party have been filed in the appropriate filing office
         or offices in order to perfect the Agent's security interest therein,
         (b) as to which appropriate Uniform Commercial Code financing
         statements showing SMC as the owner and consignor of such Consignment
         Inventory have been filed in the appropriate filing office or offices
         in order to evidence SMC's ownership interest therein, such filing(s)
         to have been made prior to the relevant consignee's taking possession
         of such Consigned Inventory, and as to which such financing statements
         have been appropriately assigned in favor of the Agent, and (c) as to
         which SMC shall have notified, prior to the relevant consignee's taking
         possession of such Consigned Inventory, all secured creditors of such
         relevant consignee having a security interest of record in inventory of
         such relevant consignee of the intention of SMC to consign inventory to
         such relevant consignee."

                  (h) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
restating the definition of Eligible Inventory in its entirety as follows:

                  "Eligible Inventory: Inventory owned by any of the Borrowers
(net of reserves for off grade inventory and intercompany profit, as such
reserves may be adjusted by the Agent in its reasonable discretion on account of
improvements or deteriorations in reporting of inventory), (a) which is owned,
possessed and held for sale by SMC or MI or MIR within the United States of
America and by SMC within Canada, but not yet shipped (other than Eligible
In-Transit Inventory, which shall not be excluded from Eligible Inventory
pursuant to this clause (a)), (b) for which, if held on premises leased by SMC
or MI or MIR (other than with respect to any warehouses, the storage expenses
with respect to which have been included in calculating the Warehousemen Lien
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of Warehousemen Lien Reserve), a waiver of the lessor and, if any, sublessor, in
each case reasonably satisfactory to the Agent has been delivered to the Agent,
(c) over which there is no Lien in favor of any person or entity other than the
Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent, and in which the Agent has a
valid and perfected first-priority security interest, (d) which is not
Consignment Inventory and which is otherwise in the possession of one of the
Borrowers (other than Eligible In-Transit Inventory, which shall not be excluded
from Eligible Inventory solely because it is not in the possession of the
Borrowers) unless the Agent has received a waiver from the party in possession
of such inventory in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent,
(e) which is not work in process (other than, in the case of SMC, readily
measurable and identifiable work in process awaiting only final packaging in
bags, drums or cans), (f) which is not production and packing supplies, (g)
which does not reflect any capitalized inventory variances, (h) which, in the
case of SMC, is not slow moving, (i) which has not been deemed by the Majority
Banks to be otherwise either obsolete or unmarketable, (j) which is not held by
the Borrowers on consignment and is actually owned by one of the Borrowers, and
(k) which is not damaged."

                  (i) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
restating the definition of Liquidity Level in its entirety as follows:

                  "Liquidity Level: An amount determined for each Business Day
         equal to the sum of the Borrowing Base Availability on such day plus
         the Daily Cash Balance on such day minus the Special Cash Collateral
         Account Balance on such day."

                  (j) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further
amended by adding the following new definitions in alphabetical order:

                  Special Cash Collateral Account: In relation to any Borrower,
         one or more accounts of the such Borrower with the Agent in which funds
         are held by the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent, as
         cash collateral pursuant to a cash collateral account agreement and
         other documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, in
         each case, in which the Agent has a prior, perfected Lien, for the
         benefit of the Banks and the Agent, to secure the payment of the
         Obligations.

                  Special Cash Collateral Account Balance: With respect to the
         Borrowers on any Business Day of determination, the aggregate amount of
         all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers maintained with the
         Agent in the Special Cash Collateral Account, determined at the close
         of business on such day.

         'SS'3.2 Amendment to 'SS'9 of the Loan Agreement. Section 9.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting 'SS'9.1(a)(vi) thereof in its
entirety and substituting the following new 'SS'9.1(a)(vi):

                  "(vi) [intentionally deleted];"

         'SS'3.3  Amendments to Schedules and Exhibits of the Loan Agreement.

                  (a) The Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Schedule
l in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 1, attached to this Amendment.

                  (b) The Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Schedule
7(l) in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 7(l), attached to this
Amendment.



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                  (c) The Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Exhibit
A, Form of Borrowing Base Report, in its entirety and replacing it with Exhibit
A, attached to this Amendment.

         'SS'4. Ratifications, Etc.

                  (a) Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan Agreement and
all documents, instruments and agreements related thereto, including, but not
limited to the Loan Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects
and shall continue in full force and effect. All references in the Loan
Agreement or any related documents, instruments and agreements related thereto,
including, but not limited to the Loan Documents, shall hereafter refer to the
Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

                  (b) Each of the Borrowers hereby affirms its absolute and
unconditional promise to perform and pay, to the Banks and the Agent, all
Obligations under the Loan Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan
Documents at the times and in the amounts provided for therein.

                  (c) Each of the Guarantors hereby acknowledges that it has
read and is aware of the provisions of this Amendment. Each of the Guarantors
hereby affirms and reaffirms its absolute and unconditional guaranty of the
Borrowers' payment and performance of the Obligations under the Loan Agreement
(as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents.

         'SS'5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants; No Default;
Authorization. Each of the Borrowers and Guarantors hereby represents, warrants
and covenants to the Agent and the Banks as follows:

                  (a) Each of the representations and warranties of such
Borrower or Guarantor contained in the Loan Agreement was true as of the date as
of which it was made and is true as and at the date of this Amendment, and no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of
this Amendment;

                  (b) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of the Borrowers and Guarantors and is in full force and
effect; and

                  (c) Upon the execution and delivery of this Amendment by the
respective parties hereto, this Amendment shall constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrowers and the Guarantors, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be subject
to any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally.

         'SS'6. Effective Date. This Amendment, including the amendments
contained herein, shall be effective as of October 1, 2003.

         'SS'7. Release. In order to induce the Agent and the Banks to enter
into this Amendment, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) no Borrower
has any claim or cause of action against the Agent or any Bank (or any of its
respective directors, officers, employees or agents); (ii) no Borrower has any
offset right, counterclaim or defense of any kind against any of their
respective obligations, indebtedness or liabilities to the Agent or any Bank;
and (iii) each of the Agent and the Banks has heretofore properly performed and
satisfied in a timely manner all of its obligations to each Borrower. The
Borrowers wish to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts,
omissions, events, circumstances or matters would impair or otherwise adversely
affect any of the Agent's and the Banks' rights, interests, contracts,
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releases, waives and forever discharges (A) any and all liabilities,
obligations, duties, promises or indebtedness of any kind of the Agent or any
Bank to any Borrower, except the obligations to be performed by the Agent or any
Bank on or after the date hereof as expressly stated in this Amendment, the Loan
Agreement (as amended hereby), and the other Loan Documents, and (B) all claims,
offsets, causes of action, suits or defenses of any kind whatsoever (if any),
whether arising at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which any
Borrower might otherwise have against the Agent, any Bank or any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents, in either case (A) or (B), on account
of any condition, act, omission, event, contract, liability, obligation,
indebtedness, claim, cause of action, defense, circumstance or matter of any
kind existing as of the date hereof, or occurring prior to the date hereof.

         'SS'8. No Implied Waiver. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing
contained herein shall constitute a waiver of, impair or otherwise affect any
Obligations, any other obligations of any of the Borrowers or Guarantors or any
right of the Agent or any Bank consequent thereon.

         'SS'9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

         'SS'10. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS OF LAW).

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Amendment
as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.

                                 METALLURG, INC.


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Sr. Vice President, Finance & CFO

                                 SHIELDALLOY METALLURGICAL
                                 CORPORATION


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Vice President, Finance & CFO

                                 METALLURG INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES, LLC


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Vice President, Finance & CFO

                                 METALLURG SERVICES, INC.


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Vice President, Finance & CFO

                                MIR (CHINA), INC.


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Vice President, Finance & CFO




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                                 METALLURG HOLDINGS CORPORATION


                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Vice President, Finance & CFO


                                 METALLURG (CANADA) LTEE./METALLURG
                                 (CANADA) LTD.

                                 By: /s/ Barry C. Nuss
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Name:  Barry C. Nuss
                                     Title: Treasurer and Director


                                 FLEET NATIONAL BANK
                                 (formerly known as BANKBOSTON, N.A.),
                                 individually and as Agent


                                 By: /s/ Mark B. Schafer
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Name: Mark B. Schafer
                                     Title: Vice President


                                 BANK OF SCOTLAND


                                 By: /s/ Joseph Fratus
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Name:  Joseph Fratus
                                     Title: First Vice President

                                 PNC BANK, N.A.
                                 (formerly known as National Bank of Canada)


                                 By: /s/ Susanna Siskind
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Name:  Susanna Siskind
                                     Title: Bank Officer



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                                   Schedule 1


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                                                                                   Commitment
                      Banks                              Commitment                Percentage
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<S>                                                     <C>                       <C>
Fleet National Bank
Domestic Lending Office:
Fleet National Bank
One Federal Street; Mail Stop: MADE10307X                $16,200,000                  60%
P.O. Box 2016
Boston, MA 02110
Fax:  617-654-1167
Attention: Mark B. Schafer, Vice President
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Fleet National Bank
One Federal Street; Mail Stop: MADE10307X
P.O. Box 2016
Boston, MA 02110
Fax:  617-654-1167
Attention: Mark B. Schafer, Vice President
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PNC Bank, N.A.
Domestic Lending Office:
c/o PNC Business Credit
1600 Market Street, 31st Floor                            $8,100,000                  30%
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Fax: 215-585- 4754
Attn.:  Susanna Siskind, Banking Officer
Eurodollar Lending Office:
PNC Business Credit
1600 Market Street, 31st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Fax: 215-585- 4754
Attn.:  Susanna Siskind, Banking Officer
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Bank of Scotland
Domestic Lending Office:
565 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017                                        $2,700,000                  10%
  Telefax Number: (212) 557-9460
  Attention:  Joseph Fratus, First Vice President
Eurodollar Lending Office:
565 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
  Telefax Number: (212) 557-9460
  Attention: Joseph Fratus, First Vice President
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TOTAL:                                                    $27,000,000               100.00%
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                                  Schedule 7(l)


Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures of Metallurg, Inc.*


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                                                          State/Country of     Percentage of      Authorized    Outstanding
      Name of Subsidiary or Joint Venture                 Incorporation        Voting Power       Capital       Capital
      -----------------------------------                 -------------        ------------       -------       -------
<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>                <C>           <C>
     SPECIAL PURPOSE/HOLDING

Metallurg Holdings Corporation**                          New York             100                2,500         200
Metallurg Services, Inc.                                  New York             100                200           10
Metallurg Europe Limited***                               England              100                -             68,754,000
Caribbean Metals & Alloys Limited (dormant)               Grand Cayman         100                900,000       3,000
Brandau y Cia S. A. (dormant)                             Spain                100                -             -
Aleaciones Metalurgicas Venezolanas C. A. (dormant)       Venezuela            100 (Class B)      -             -


MANUFACTURING

London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Limited            England              100                16,000,000    16,000,000
     S. A. Vickers Limited (dormant)                      England              100                500           500
     H. M. I. Limited (dormant)                           England              100                50,000        50,000
     Metal Alloys (South Wales) Limited (dormant)         England              100                2,000         2,000
     The Aluminum Powder Company Limited                  England              100                436,037       436,037
             Alpoco Developments Limited (dormant)        England              100                100           100
               Benda Lutz  Alpoco Sp.z.o.o                Poland               100
     M & A Powders Limited (dormant)                      England              100                15,000        9,437
     Bostlan, S.A.                                        Spain                 25
     Metalloys Limited (dormant)                          England              100                100           2
     Hydelko AS                                           Norway               100

Metallurg South Africa (Pty.) Limited                     South Africa         100                4,000         4,000
     W. T. Mines Limited (dormant)                        South Africa         100                2,000         2,000
      Stand 359 Wadeville Extension 4 (Pty.) Limited      South Africa         100                100           2
      Allied Metallurg South Africa (Pty.) Limited        South Africa          49
      Rath South Africa (Pty) Limited                     South Africa          49
      Natal Foundry Suppliers (Pty) Limited               South Africa          60
      Reframet Installation                               South Africa          51


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                                                          Par                  Record
      Name of Subsidiary or Joint Venture                 Value                Owner
      -----------------------------------                 -----                -----
<S>                                                       <C>                 <C>
     SPECIAL PURPOSE/HOLDING

Metallurg Holdings Corporation**                          no par value         MI
Metallurg Services, Inc.                                  no par value         MI
Metallurg Europe Limited***                               $1                   MH
Caribbean Metals & Alloys Limited (dormant)               $1                   MH
Brandau y Cia S. A. (dormant)                             -                    MH
Aleaciones Metalurgicas Venezolanas C. A. (dormant)       -                    MH


MANUFACTURING

London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Limited            'L'1                 MEL
     S. A. Vickers Limited (dormant)                      'L'1                 -
     H. M. I. Limited (dormant)                           'L'1                 -
     Metal Alloys (South Wales) Limited (dormant)         'L'1                 -
     The Aluminum Powder Company Limited                  'L'1                 -
             Alpoco Developments Limited (dormant)        'L'1                 -
               Benda Lutz  Alpoco Sp.z.o.o
     M & A Powders Limited (dormant)                      'L'1                 -
     Bostlan, S.A.
     Metalloys Limited (dormant)                          'L'1                 -
     Hydelko AS                                                                -

Metallurg South Africa (Pty.) Limited                      R1                  MEL
     W. T. Mines Limited (dormant)                         R1                  -
      Stand 359 Wadeville Extension 4 (Pty.) Limited       R1                  -
      Allied Metallurg South Africa (Pty.) Limited                             -
      Rath South Africa (Pty) Limited                                          -
      Natal Foundry Suppliers (Pty) Limited
      Reframet Installation                                                    -
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<CAPTION>
                                              State/Country of   Percentage of   Authorized  Outstanding  Par      Record
      Name of Subsidiary or Joint Venture     Incorporation      Voting Power    Capital     Capital      Value    Owner
      -----------------------------------     -------------      ------------    -------     -------      -----    -----
<S>                                           <C>                <C>             <C>         <C>          <C>      <C>

Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation         Delaware              100           3,000      1,885         $.01     MI

Companhia Industrial Fluminense               Brazil                 99.9+        R$933,596  R$.73         R$1.00   MEL

     TRADING


Metallurg (Canada) Limited                    Quebec                100           unlimited  1,100         C$10     MI
MIR (China), Inc.                             Delaware              100           100        100           $0.01    MI
Metallurg (Far East) Limited                  Japan                 100           n/a        20,000        Y500     MH


<CAPTION>
                                              State/Country of   Percentage of   Authorized  Outstanding  Par      Record
      Name of Subsidiary or Joint Venture     Incorporation      Voting Power    Capital     Capital      Value    Owner
      -----------------------------------     -------------      ------------    -------     -------      -----   -----
<S>                                           <C>                <C>             <C>         <C>          <C>     <C>

Metallurg Mexico S. A. de C. V.               Mexico                100          140,000     10,000       Ps.1,000  MH
Metallurg Servicios S de RL de CV             Mexico                100                                             MH
Metallurg International Resources, LLC        Delaware              100                                             MI

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Note:


     *    MI is Metallurg, Inc., a Delaware corporation, all of whose issued and
          outstanding capital stock is owned of record by Metallurg Holdings,
          Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     **   MH is Metallurg Holdings Corporation.

     ***  MEL is Metallurg Europe Limited, an English corporation, all of whose
          issued and outstanding capital stock is owned by MH.

     +    Balance held beneficially by or for MI or an affiliate of MI.

Revised as of 9/30/03


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