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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.10

                                     BY-LAWS

                                       OF
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                         LAKE ONTARIO STEEL COMPANY INC.

                                    ARTICLE I
                                     OFFICES

         Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

         Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places
both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

                                   ARTICLE II
                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

         Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of
directors shall be held in the City of Toronto, in the Municipality of
Metropolitan Toronto, Province of Ontario, at such place as may be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or
without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of
stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or
without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting
or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

         Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year
1981, shall be held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to
time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which
they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors, and transact such
other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

         Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date
and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at
such meeting not less than ten days nor more than fifty days before the date of
the meeting.


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         Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.

         Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the
President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of
Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in
amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed meeting.

         Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date
and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called, shall be given not less than ten days nor more than fifty days before
the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

         Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders
shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

         Section 8. The holders of fifty-one per cent (51%) of the stock issued
and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any


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business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days. or if
after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting.

         Section 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of
the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

         Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be
entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock
having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on
after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

         Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting
of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any
annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth
the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having
not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize
or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon
were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action
without a meeting by less than a unanimous written consent shall be given to
those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                    DIRECTORS

         Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole
board shall be not less than one (1) nor more than ten (10). The first board
shall consist of three (3) directors. Thereafter, within the limits above
specified, the number of directors shall be determined by resolution of the
board of directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors
shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided
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Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is
elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.

         Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual
election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless
sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of
directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of
filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in
office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted
immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon
application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of
the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote
for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by
the directors then in office.

         Section 3. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of
the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or
by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to
be exercised or done by the stockholders.

                       MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         Section 4. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings,
both regular and special, either within or without of the State of Delaware.

         Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors
shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the
stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be
necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the
stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected
Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and
place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and
place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter specified in a
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         Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board.

         Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called may be called by
the president on three (3) days' notice to each director, either personally or
by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or
Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two
directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case special
meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on
like notice on the written request of the sole director.

         Section 8. At all meetings of the Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the
directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of
the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present
at any meeting of the Board of Directors the directors present thereat may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

         Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken
without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filled with the
minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

         Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.

                             COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

         Section 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to
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directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee.

          In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.

          Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of
the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an
agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale,
lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and
assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the Corporation; and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such
name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors.

         Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

         Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority
to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses,
if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of directors and may be paid
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of directors or a stated
salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
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                              REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

         Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or by-law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled
to vote at an election of directors.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                     NOTICES

         Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

         Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statues or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled
to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                    OFFICERS

         Section 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board
of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of
Directors may also choose Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person,
unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide.

         Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting and after each
annual meeting of stockholders shall and choose a President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer.

         Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and
agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms
and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined
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         Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation
shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

         Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until
their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the
Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

                                  THE PRESIDENT

         Section 6. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the
Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the
Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of
Directors are carried into effect.

         Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts
requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or
permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the
signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of
Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

                               THE VICE-PRESIDENTS

         Section 8. In the absence of the President or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, a Vice-President (or in the event there be more
than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated by the
directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice-Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

                      THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY

         Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of
the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
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meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors
or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the
corporate seal of the Corporation and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have
authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed,
it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant
Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other
officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his
signature.

         Section 10. An Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the
Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from
time to time prescribe.

                      THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURER

         Section 11. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds
and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys
and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in
such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

         Section 12. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at
its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of
all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation.

         Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the
Corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for
the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to
the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever
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         Section 14. An Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one,
the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or
if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election, shall,
in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his inability or refusal to
act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
may from time to time prescribe.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                              CERTIFICATE OF STOCK

         Section 1. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled
to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the
Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a
Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned
by him in the Corporation.

         Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon
the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly paid
shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the
amount paid thereon shall be specified.

         If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of
stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in
lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or
series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.

         Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or
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upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation
with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at
the date of issue.

                                LOST CERTIFICATES

         Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or
certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates
theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate or stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such
issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it may direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with
respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

                                TRANSFER OF STOCK

         Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of
the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be
the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

                               FIXING RECORD DATE

         Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of
such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
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stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

                             REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

         Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive
right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any person, whether or not it shall have express
or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                          GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS

         Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject
to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared
by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.

         Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out
of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other
purpose as the directors shall think conductive to the interest of the
Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.

                                ANNUAL STATEMENT

         Section 3. The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting,
and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the
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                                     CHEQUES

         Section 4. All cheques or demands for money and notes of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or
persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

                                 FISCAL YEAR END

         Section 5. The fiscal year end of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.

                                      SEAL

         Section 6. The corporate seal shall be inscribed thereon the name of
the Corporation, the year of its organization and the word "Delaware". The seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or
reproduced or otherwise.

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

         Section 7. The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                   AMENDMENTS

         Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when
such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the certificate of
incorporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of
Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of
Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new
by-laws be contained in the notice of special meeting. If the power to adopt,
amend or repeal by-laws is conferred upon the board of directors by the
certificate of incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the
stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

                                    The foregoing By-Laws of LAKE ONTARIO STEEL
                                    COMPANY INC., were adopted in full at an
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                                    Board of Directors of the corporation held
                                    on the 17th day of October, 1980.

                                    DATED this 17th day of October, 1980.


                                    /s/ Lionel H. Schipper
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                                    Lionel H. Schipper, Secretary




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BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a By-law of LAKE ONTARIO STEEL COMPANY INC. as
follows:

AMENDED BY-LAW NO. 1

1.       That the Directors of the Company may from time to time:

         (a)      borrow money upon the credit of the Company by obtaining loans
                  or advances or by way of overdraft or otherwise;

         (b)      issue, sell or pledge securities of the Company including
                  bonds, debentures, debenture stock, for such sums on such
                  terms and at such prices as they may deem expedient;

         (c)      assign, transfer, convey, hypothecate, mortgage, pledge,
                  charge or give security in any manner upon all or any of the
                  real or personal, moveable or immoveable property, rights,
                  powers, chooses in action, or other assets, present or future,
                  of the Company to secure any such securities or other
                  securities of the Company or any money borrowed or to be
                  borrowed or any obligations or liabilities as aforesaid or
                  otherwise of the company heretofore, now or hereafter made or
                  incurred directly or indirectly or otherwise; and

         (d)      without in any way limiting the powers herein conferred upon
                  the Directors, give security or promises to give security,
                  agreements, documents and instruments in any manner or form
                  under the Bank Act or otherwise to secure any money borrowed
                  or to be borrowed or any obligations or liabilities as
                  aforesaid or otherwise of the Company heretofore, now or
                  hereafter made or incurred directly or indirectly or
                  otherwise.

2.       That any or all of the foregoing powers may from time to time be
         delegated by the Directors to any one or more of the directors or
         officers of the Company.

3.       That this By-law shall remain in force and be binding upon the Company
         as regards any person acting on the faith thereof until such person has
         received written notification from the Company that this By-law has
         been repealed or replaced.

Consented to by the signatures of all the directors of the Corporation this 4th
day of March, 1983.

/s/ C. G. Schmelzle                               /s/ R. C. Smith
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C. G. Schmelzle                                   R. C. Smith


                          /s/ L. H. Schipper
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                          L. H. Schipper


         Confirmed by all the Shareholders of the Corporation this 4th day of
March, 1983.

                                      LAKE ONTARIO STEEL COMPANY LIMITED

                                      per: /s/ C. G. Schmelzle
                                           /s/ R. C. Smith



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