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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.15(g)

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                      WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION

                       POST-BANKRUPTCY RETENTION AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into effective as of the effective date of, and
contingent upon the effectiveness of, the Plan of Reorganization of
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the "Effective Date"), by and between Steven W.
Sorvold, currently residing at 6476 Shenandoah Avenue, NW, Canton, OH 44718, and
WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Parent").

In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good
and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each
party, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.    EMPLOYMENT.

The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the
Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein.

2.    DUTIES AND AUTHORITY.

Executive shall serve as the Vice President, Commercial of the Company, with
those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and
such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of
Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may
reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his
best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and
integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in
and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business
activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder,
except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in
charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in
business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer,
and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's
day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company.

3.    TERM.

      (a)   GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date,
and shall remain in effect until the third anniversary of the Effective Date or,
if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder
shall have been terminated in
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accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date
until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been
terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term
hereof" or "the term of this Agreement."

      (b)   SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein
contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder.

4.    COMPENSATION.

In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the
Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii)
certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below.

      (a)   SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the
Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for
executives, salary at an annual rate of $140,000, provided, such salary rate
shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward
adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's
"Salary").

      (b)   BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled
to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for
executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall
also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the
"Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace
as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the
Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its
discretion.

      (c)   LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall
be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the
terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan.

      (d)   FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to
participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive
officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such
employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life
insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other
executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the
terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of
the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other
committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance
with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following:

            (i)   Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of
vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the
Company's general

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vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and
intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable
business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time.

            (ii)  Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g.,
secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable
to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's
duties.

            (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for
the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the
Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance
and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting
requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue
Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and
personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use
of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him.

            (iv)  Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal
tax preparation and planning assistance.

            (v)   Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself
and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof.

            (vi)  Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health
insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the
term of this Agreement.

            (vii) An annual contribution (or pro rata portion thereof in the
event of termination) of not less than $25,000 to a program of insurance or
similar arrangement intended to provide supplemental pension and death benefits
to or for the benefit of the Executive.

Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu
of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation
pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay
policies as in effect from time to time.

      (e)   EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all
reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from
time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other
executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and
entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business
of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as
may be specified by the Company.

      (f)   INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its
best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now
or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by
law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the
Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with
the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this
Agreement, provided that the Executive shall not be indemnified with

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respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any
proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his
action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The
Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby
confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are
or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment
under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the
benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's
entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective
articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its
subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action,
suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the
final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by
the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he
is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any
other agreement or contract or under applicable law.

      (g)   PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or
any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by
the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the
Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is
determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999
of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive
an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after
payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties
imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income
taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an
amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under
this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and
the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in
arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or
such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company
as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting
calculations both to the Company and the Executive.

5.    TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF.

      (a)   TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under
this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the
following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term
hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be
entitled to his then Salary and supplemental pension contribution (as described
in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month
in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only
such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under
the applicable termination provisions.

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            (i)   UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the
term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and
automatically terminate.

            (ii)  AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive
becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then
applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's
employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event
of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and
benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the
Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then
applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan.

            (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the
Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any
time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature
of such Cause.

            (iv)  BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate
Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the
Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued
compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In
the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following
termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts
described in subparagraph (A) below and the continuation of health insurance
benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (C) below:

            (A)   Salary Continuation. Under this subparagraph, the Executive
                  shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times
                  his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty
                  (30) days of termination.

            (B)   Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment
                  by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and
                  timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607
                  of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such
                  COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the
                  Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of
                  Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible
                  dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's
                  group health plan as it pays for active employees of the
                  Company and their dependents generally.

            (C)   Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company
                  terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause
                  within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the
                  Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two
                  (2) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within
                  thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount
                  described in subparagraph (A) above, and COBRA

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                  Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event,
                  for a maximum of eighteen (18) months).

            (v)   BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and
this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days'
notice. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60)
days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in
a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination and COBRA Continuation
under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above. In the event the Executive
resigns other than in the circumstances described in the preceding sentence, he
shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation. The
Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and
decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt
of notice, but in that event Executive shall be entitled to continued
compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise
applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation thereafter in
accordance with this paragraph if applicable.

            (vi)  EXPIRATION. Immediately prior to the third (3rd) anniversary
of the Effective Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary
multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company,
its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then
Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such third (3rd)
anniversary and COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv)
above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but
not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the
Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the
Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a
new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment
after the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date, the Executive shall not
be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not
necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement.

      (b)   DEFINITIONS. For these purposes:

            (i)   "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has
pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any
misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any
state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of
loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any
provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to
explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives
of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and
which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning
that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause"
dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the
Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done,
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Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's
act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company.

            (ii)  "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into
another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other
persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless
securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the
survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent
thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more
than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that
transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from
time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or
indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of
securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the
Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made
directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive
months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a
majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a
fraction) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of
Board members, to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of
the Board continuously since the beginning of that period, or (2) have been
elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at
least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who
were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the
Board.

            (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any
duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of
the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature
or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting
responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment
to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of
employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the
Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same
may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions
similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior
executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the
Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive
participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the
failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a
basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits
provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other
participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the
Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive
under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and
accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or
the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly
materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material
fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at

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any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E)
above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the
elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with
respect to employees generally, however.

      (c)   CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the
Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for
any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the
terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and
shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position.
On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for
any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a
member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of
Parent or which he is then a member.

      (d)   NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek
other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the
Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection
(a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall
not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of
employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any
amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

      (e)   RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive
shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within
twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and
delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.

6.    PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

      (a)   CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that
certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term
"Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information
which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others
in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate")
and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the
Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information
regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation,
proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key
personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade
secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive
acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the
Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance
of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and
thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep
and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company
and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the
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hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior
notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal
requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the
Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in
this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as
a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations
hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The
Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to
becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality
obligations.

      (b)   RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of
his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly
return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by
the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any
documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any
Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like.

      (c)   NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that,

            (i)   during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly,
either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in
any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not
competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise
to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations
to the Company;

            (ii)  during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after
the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent,
employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever,
solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or
attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the
Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate
his or her relationship with the Company; and

            (iii) during the term and for twenty-four (24) months after the
term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent,
employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, solicit or assist others in soliciting, for the purpose
of selling products competitive with those of the Company, the business of any
person or entity which within the twelve (12) months preceding the Executive's
termination (A) is or was a customer of the Company or (B) had been contacted
for the purpose of becoming a customer of the Company by the Executive or other
employees of the Company under his supervision or control.

      (d)   REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities
set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable
for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction
is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it
extends for too long a period of time, over too

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broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction
shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of
activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable.

      (e)   NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or
otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any
Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether
or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any
legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede
the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or
operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or
entities has any interest.

7.    MISCELLANEOUS.

      (a)   FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to
enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any
conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make
any agreement in conflict with this Agreement.

      (b)   ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only
understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes
any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter.

      (c)   SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the
Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may
cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be
adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be
enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be
cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be
entitled.

      (d)   BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written
consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any
duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder
and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the
Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder
in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business,
whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall
not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder
by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The
Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or
stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets
of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and

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to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such
succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by
a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and
any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this
Agreement.

      (e)   SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be
determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such
determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement
or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances.

      (f)   NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly
given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written
telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to
such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have
specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f):

If to the Company, to:

            Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
            1134 Market Street
            Wheeling, WV  26003
            Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

            Telecopy:  304-234-2690

            with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same
            address.

If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company.

Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered
personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii)
if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the
case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report.

      (g)   ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as
provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to
the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the
term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding
arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed
under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the
American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration
award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action
or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are
initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the
accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should
reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such
arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other
relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that

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the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and
shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages.
Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the
arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not
be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in
court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration.
Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in
connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to
award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute
authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case
the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as
required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether
Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide
this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless
arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1)
year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which
the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered.

      (h)   JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND
ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING
DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE
EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR
DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

      (i)   AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in
writing executed by the parties hereto.

      (j)   INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its
meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to
be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no
rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or
omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This
Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to
produce or account for more than one such counterpart.

      (k)   GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed
according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

      (l)   CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any
provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of
this Agreement shall take precedent.

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      (m)   CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has
had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of
his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this
Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to
the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this
Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement.

      (n)   WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be
paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or
local law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date
and year first above written.

                                       WHEELING-PITTSBURGH
                                       STEEL CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ James G. Bradley
                                          __________________________________

                                       EXECUTIVE

                                       /s/ Steve Sorvold
                                       _____________________________________
                                       Steve Sorvold

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                RELEASE OF CLAIMS

In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my employment
agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated _____________, 2003 (as
amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up,
waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or
promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against
the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates
and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons,
including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and
other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age,
sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law
claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional
infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract,
negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract,
unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release
shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of
my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to
indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law,
or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having
served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any
affiliate.

I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before
I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to
sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of
the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and
the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I
execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has
been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior
execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this
Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had
ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to
review this Release with my counsel.

Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to
enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect
my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding
conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive
monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters
covered by this Release.
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I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of
signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company
in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment
Agreement.

______________________________
Executive

Dated: ________________<PAGE>

                                                                Exhibit 10.16(a)

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

      This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made as of August
1, 2003, by and among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("WPC"), Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("WPSC"
and collectively with WPC, the "Company"), Stonehill Institutional Partners,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Stonehill Offshore Partners Limited, a
Cayman Islands company (each an "Investor"), and each Eligible Holder (as
defined below) that subsequently becomes a party hereto (as provided in Section
2.1).

                                    PREAMBLE

      WHEREAS, pursuant to the Company's Third Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization and Third Amended Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Section 1125
of the Bankruptcy Code for Debtor's Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization,
each dated May 19, 2003 (collectively, the "Plan"), WPC issued new shares of
WPC's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), WPSC issued
new Senior Secured Notes Due 2011 (the "Series A Notes") and WPSC issued new
Senior Secured Notes Due 2010 (the "Series B Notes" and collectively with the
Series A Notes, the "Notes"); and

      WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the consummation of the Plan that
the Company and the Investors enter into this Agreement;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises
herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

      1.    DEFINITIONS. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, the following terms as used herein shall have the following meanings:

            "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person that,
      directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common
      control with such first-named Person. For the purposes of this definition,
      "control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by"
      and "under common control with") shall mean the possession, directly or
      indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
      management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
      voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

            "Commission" shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

            "Eligible Holder" shall mean a Person (including an Investor) who
      (a) holds Notes as of the date hereof, (b) reasonably believes itself,
      whether by virtue of its ownership of securities of the Company or
      otherwise, to be an Affiliate of WPC or WPSC as of the date hereof and (c)
      continues to maintain a security ownership or other relationship that
      could cause such Person reasonably to believe itself to be an Affiliate of
      WPC or WPSC as of the date of the Notice (as defined in Section 2.1).

            "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
      liability company, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated
      organization, and any government, governmental department or agency or
      political subdivision thereof.

            "Registrable Securities" shall mean any or all of the Common Stock,
      the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes held by any Investor, any
      Eligible Holder or any of their Affiliates,

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      provided, however, that such securities shall cease to be Registrable
      Securities with respect to any such Person when (a) such Person would be
      entitled to sell all of the Common Stock and Notes owned by such Person
      within a three (3) month period pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 or
      another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
      under which such securities are thereafter freely tradable without
      restriction under the Securities Act or (b) the Common Stock and the Notes
      owned by such Person have been outstanding for longer than two (2) years
      or (c) such Person has disposed of all of the Common Stock and Notes owned
      by such Person in an offering registered under the Securities Act or
      pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 or another exemption from the
      registration requirements of the Securities Act under which such
      securities are thereafter freely tradable without restriction under the
      Securities Act.

            "Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
      and any successor or substitute rule, law or provision.

            "Securities Act" shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended.

      2.    DEMAND REGISTRATION RIGHT.

      2.1.  Registration Upon Request. At any time, but no more than one time in
the aggregate, either Investor (the "Initiating Holder") may deliver to the
Company written notice of the Initiating Holder's request that the Company cause
all or a portion of the Initiating Holder's Registrable Securities and/or
Registrable Securities held by any of the Initiating Holder's Affiliates to be
registered for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to this Section 2.1
(such registration under this Section 2.1 being referred to as a "Demand
Registration"), which written notice shall state (a) the name and address of
each Person for whose account Registrable Securities are to be registered for
resale pursuant to this Section 2.1, (b) the number and type of Registrable
Securities to be so registered on behalf of each such Person and (c) the total
number and type of Registrable Securities held by each such Person. No later
than fifteen (15) days thereafter, the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the trustees (as of the date hereof) under the indentures
governing the Notes to deliver to each holder of record of Notes as of the date
hereof written notice (the "Notice") that the Initiating Holder has exercised
its right to demand registration pursuant to Section 2.1 and that any recipient
of the Notice that is an Eligible Holder may request registration of any
Registrable Securities then owned by such Eligible Holder or any of its
Affiliates by delivering to the Company within thirty (30) days of the date of
the Notice (i) written notice of the number and type of Registrable Securities
it desires to have registered for resale, (ii) a written statement setting forth
the basis for its belief that it is an Eligible Holder, (iii) an reasonably
satisfactory document evidencing such Eligible Holder's agreement to become a
party to this Agreement, and (iv) such other information as the Company may
reasonably request by means of the Notice for the purpose of registering
Registrable Securities of such Eligible Holder. Thereafter, subject to the
conditions, limitations and provisions set forth below in Sections 2.4 and 3,
WPC and/or WPSC, as applicable, shall promptly prepare and file, and use its
reasonable best efforts to prosecute to effectiveness, an appropriate filing
with the Commission of a registration statement covering, in the aggregate, all
of those Registrable Securities with respect to which registration under the
Securities Act has been so requested by the Initiating Holder.

      2.2.  Period of Effectiveness. A registration requested pursuant to this
Section 2.1 hereof shall not count as the demand to which the Initiating Holder
is entitled hereunder unless such registration statement is declared effective
and remains effective for at least 180 days, in the case of an underwritten
offering contemplated by Section 2.3 hereof, following the first day of
effectiveness of such registration statement. The Company shall be permitted to
withdraw any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 if, at any
time, all of the Registrable Securities registered for resale thereunder have
been sold pursuant to such registration statement or otherwise cease to be
Registered Securities.

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      2.3.  Selection of Underwriters. If a registration pursuant to Section 2.1
involves an underwritten offering by the Initiating Holder or any of its
Affiliates, the underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be selected, after
consultation with the Company, by the Initiating Holder or one of its
Affiliates, provided that such underwriter or underwriters shall be acceptable
to the Company. The Company covenants that it shall not unreasonably withhold
its acceptance of any such underwriter or underwriters. In connection with any
such underwritten offering, the Company agrees to enter into an underwriting
agreement with the underwriter parties thereto and all desiring Eligible
Holders, in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

      2.4.  Additional Securities; Priority of Demand Registrations. Subject to
the provisions set forth below in this Section 2.4, the Company may include in
any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 additional securities
for sale for its own account or for the account of any other Person. If a
registration pursuant to Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering, and the
managing underwriter shall advise the Company in writing that, in its opinion,
the number of shares of Common Stock and/or the total principal amount of the
Notes, as applicable, requested to be included in such registration exceeds the
number which can be sold in such offering, the Company will include in such
registration, to the extent of the number of shares of Common Stock and/or the
total principal amount of the Notes, as applicable, which the Company is so
advised can be sold in such offering, (i) first, the number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to Section
2.1, and (ii) second, the other securities proposed to be included in such
registration, in accordance with the priorities, if any, then existing among the
Company and the holders of such other securities.

      3.    DEFERRAL. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the obligation of WPC and/or WPSC to file a registration statement
pursuant to Section 2 shall be deferred for a period not to exceed one ninety
(90) day period in any twelve (12) month period if WPC and/or WPSC, as
applicable, in the good faith judgment of its board of directors, reasonably
believes that the filing thereof at the time requested would materially
adversely affect a pending or proposed public offering of securities, or an
acquisition, merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization or similar
transaction, or any negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect
thereto. The Company shall, at such time as the reason for the deferral no
longer exists, use its reasonable best efforts to effect promptly the
registration under the Securities Act of the Registrable Securities covered by
the deferred registration statement in accordance with Section 2, and such
registration shall not be further deferred pursuant to this Section 3.

      4.    ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.

      If WPC and/or WPSC is required under Section 2 to use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration of any of the Registrable Securities, WPC
and/or WPSC, as applicable, shall promptly:

            (a) Prepare and file with the Commission, not later than 90 days
      after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration, a registration
      statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, on such form as the
      Company reasonably determines to be appropriate, and use its reasonable
      best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain
      effective as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing; provided,
      however that WPC and/or WPSC, as applicable, shall in no event be
      obligated to cause any such registration to remain effective for more than
      two years;

            (b) Notify each seller of Registrable Securities pursuant to any
      registration statement of any stop order issued or threatened by the
      Commission and take all reasonable action required to prevent the entry of
      such stop order or to remove it if entered;

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            (c) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
      supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in
      connection therewith as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of
      the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
      covered by such registration statement;

            (d) Furnish to each Eligible Holder of Registrable Securities being
      so registered, prior to filing any registration statement hereunder or any
      supplement or amendment thereto, such number of copies of such
      registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each
      case, including all exhibits thereto), the prospectus (including each
      preliminary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the
      Securities Act, and such other documents as such holder may reasonably
      request in order to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
      Securities;

            (e) Use its best efforts to register and qualify such Registrable
      Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such
      jurisdictions as any Eligible Holder selling Registrable Securities may
      reasonably request, and to continue such qualification in effect in each
      such jurisdiction for as long as permissible pursuant to the laws of such
      jurisdiction, or for as long as any such seller reasonably requests or
      until all of such Registrable Securities are sold, whichever is shortest,
      and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary
      or advisable to enable any such seller to consummate the disposition in
      such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities; provided that WPC and/or
      WPSC, as applicable, shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
      condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent
      to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, and PROVIDED
      FURTHER that (anything in Section 6 to the contrary notwithstanding with
      respect to the bearing of expenses) if any jurisdiction in which the
      securities shall be qualified shall require that expenses incurred in
      connection with the qualification therein of the securities be borne by
      selling shareholders, then such shareholders shall, to the extent required
      by such jurisdiction, pay its PRO RATA share of selling expenses;

            (f) Use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all other approvals,
      covenants, exemptions or authorizations from such governmental agencies or
      authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers of such Registrable
      Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

            (g) Immediately notify the Eligible Holders of such Registrable
      Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to
      be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event of
      which WPC and/or WPSC, as applicable, has knowledge as a result of which
      the prospectus contained in such registration statement, as then in
      effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
      a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
      statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under
      which they were made; and promptly (but in no event later than 30 days
      from the date of delivery of such notice) prepare and furnish to it a
      reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such
      prospectus as may be necessary so that such prospectus will not include an
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
      not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made;
      provided, that after such notification and until such supplement or
      amendment has been so delivered, no such holder will deliver or otherwise
      use the original prospectus;

            (h) Enter into and perform customary agreements and take such other
      actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
      disposition of such Registrable Securities;

            (i) Make available for inspection, on a confidential basis and after
      reasonable prior notice, by any seller of Registrable Securities, any
      managing underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
      registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent

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      retained by any seller or any managing underwriter (each, an "Inspector")
      all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
      properties of the Company and any subsidiaries thereof as may be in
      existence at such time as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to
      exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's and
      any subsidiaries' officers, directors and employees, and the independent
      public accountants of the Company, to supply all information reasonably
      requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration
      statement;

            (j) Obtain a "cold comfort" letter from the Company's independent
      public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type
      customarily covered by "cold comfort" letters, as the managing
      underwriter, as applicable, may reasonably request;

            (k) Furnish, at the request of any seller of Registrable Securities
      on the date such securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale
      pursuant to such registration or, if such securities are not being sold
      through underwriters, on the date the registration statement with respect
      to such securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated such date, of
      counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration,
      addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the seller making such
      request, covering such legal matters with respect to the registration in
      respect of which such opinion is being given as such seller may reasonably
      request and as are customarily included in such opinions;

            (l) Otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all
      applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to
      its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than
      15 months after the effective date of the registration statement, an
      earnings statement covering a period of 12 months beginning after the
      effective date of the registration statement, in a manner which satisfies
      the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

            (m) Keep each seller of Registrable Securities advised as to the
      initiation and progress of any registration under Section 2 hereunder;

            (n) Provide officers' certificates and other customary closing
      documents; and

            (o) Use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect
      the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby, it
      being understood that the Company shall not be required to cause any of
      its officers or employees to participate in any "road show" or similar
      marketing effort being conducted with respect to an underwritten Demand
      Registration including Registrable Securities.

      5.    FURNISH INFORMATION.

      It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
take any action pursuant to this Agreement that any Eligible Holder of
Registrable Securities requesting registration thereof shall furnish to the
Company such information regarding such Eligible Holder, the Registrable
Securities held by such Eligible Holder, the proposed plan of distribution of
such Registrable Securities, and any other information as the Company shall
reasonably request and as shall be required in order to effect any such
registration by the Company.

      6.    EXPENSES.

      All expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any registration
pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation any underwriting
discounts and commissions relating to shares

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being registered for the account of the Company, all registration and
qualification fees, printing costs, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company and any of its independent public accountants and any other accounting
and legal fees, charges and expenses incurred by the Company (including legal
fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with
state securities or blue sky laws), and the reasonable fees, charges and
expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with any
registration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, regardless of whether the
registration statement filed in connection with such registration is declared
effective. The Company shall also pay the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements (not to exceed $20,000) of a single counsel to all of the Eligible
Holders participating in any requested registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2. All of the expenses described in this Section 6 are
referred to in this Agreement as "REGISTRATION EXPENSES." Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 6, in connection with any registration
hereunder, each Eligible Holder of Registrable Securities being registered shall
pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, all other expenses of the
Eligible Holders, including without limitation any underwriting discounts and
commissions relating to Registrable Shares and the costs and fees of counsel
(except as set forth in the second preceding sentence) and experts retained by
such Eligible Holder, and any capital gains, income or transfer taxes, if any,
attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities, pro rata with respect
to payments of discounts and commissions in accordance with the number of shares
sold in the offering.

      7.    INDEMNIFICATION.

      7.1.  Indemnification. In the event that any Registrable Securities are
included in a registration statement pursuant to this Agreement:

            (a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
      hold harmless the Eligible Holder thereof, any underwriter (as defined in
      the Securities Act) for the Company, and each officer, director, partner
      and employee of such Eligible Holder or such underwriter and each Person,
      if any, who controls such Eligible Holder or such underwriter within the
      meaning of the Securities Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages
      or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under
      the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
      or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
      upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
      in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or
      final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements
      thereto or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing,
      or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
      state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary
      to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
      they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse such Eligible Holder,
      such underwriter or such officer, director or controlling Person for any
      legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
      investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
      action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
      Section 7.1(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such
      loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected
      without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be
      unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case
      for any such loss, damage, liability or action to the extent that it
      primarily arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged
      untrue statement or omission made in connection with such registration
      statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or amendments or
      supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
      information furnished expressly for use in connection with such
      registration by such Eligible Holder, any underwriter for such Eligible
      Holder or controlling Person with respect to such Eligible Holder;

            (b) To the extent permitted by law, such Eligible Holder will
      indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of
      its officers who have signed such registration

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      statement, each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the
      meaning of the Securities Act, and any underwriter for the Company (within
      the meaning of the Securities Act) against any and all losses, claims,
      damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer,
      controlling Person, or underwriter may become subject to, under the
      Securities Act or otherwise, only to the extent that as such losses,
      claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out
      of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any
      material fact contained in such registration statement, including any
      preliminary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements
      thereto or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing,
      or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
      state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
      to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
      they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent that such
      untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
      omission was made in such registration statement, preliminary prospectus,
      final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon
      and in conformity with written information furnished by such Eligible
      Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and such
      Eligible Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably
      incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, controlling Person,
      or underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
      loss, claim, damage, liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
      liability of any Eligible Holder under this Section 7.1(b) shall be
      limited to the amounts of net proceeds received by such Eligible Holder in
      the offering giving rise to such liability; FURTHER PROVIDED, that the
      indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.1(b) shall not apply to
      amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
      action if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Eligible
      Holder against which the request for indemnity is being made (which
      consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and

            (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
      Section 7.1 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
      party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
      indemnifying party under this Section 7.1, notify the indemnifying party
      in writing of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall
      have the right to participate in and, to the extent the indemnifying party
      desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to
      assume at its expense the defense thereof with counsel mutually
      satisfactory to the parties. The failure to notify an indemnifying party
      promptly of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such
      indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this
      Section 7.1 only if and to the extent such failure to promptly notify was
      prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, and the omission so to
      notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party of
      any liability which he may have to any indemnified party otherwise other
      than under this Section 7.1. The indemnified party shall have the right to
      employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
      thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable
      costs of investigation) shall be paid by the indemnified party unless (i)
      the indemnifying party agrees to pay the same, (ii) the indemnifying party
      fails to assume the defense of such action with counsel satisfactory to
      the indemnified party in its reasonable judgment, or (iii) the named
      parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) have been
      advised by such counsel that representation of such indemnified party and
      the indemnifying party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under
      applicable standards of professional conduct; provided, however, that the
      indemnifying party shall only have to pay the fees and expenses of one
      lead firm of counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction
      for all indemnified parties. In either of such cases the indemnifying
      party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on
      behalf of such indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall be liable
      for any settlement entered into without its written consent, which consent
      shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without
      the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or
      compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to,
      any

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      pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification
      or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified
      party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such
      settlement, compromise or judgment (A) includes an unconditional release
      of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or
      claim and (B) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
      culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
      The rights accorded to any indemnified party hereunder shall be in
      addition to any rights that such indemnified party may have at common law,
      by separate agreement or otherwise.

            (d) If the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) from the
      indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of
      any losses, claims, damages, expenses or other liabilities referred to
      therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
      indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
      indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, expenses or
      other liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
      relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party in
      connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims,
      damages, expenses or other liabilities, as well as any other relevant
      equitable considerations. The relative faults of such indemnifying party
      and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
      things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged
      untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
      state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by,
      such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party's
      and indemnified party's relative intent, knowledge, access to information
      and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or
      payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, expenses or
      other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to
      the limitations set forth in Sections 7(a), 7(b) and 7(c), any legal or
      other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
      connection with any investigation or proceeding.

                The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable
      if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata
      allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take
      account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
      preceding paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
      (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
      entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d).

      7.2.  Override. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7 to the
contrary, if, in connection with an underwritten public offering of the
Registrable Securities, the Company, any holder of Registrable Securities and
the underwriters enter into an underwriting or purchase agreement relating to
such offering which contains provisions covering indemnification as between the
Company and such holder, then the indemnification provision of this Section 7
shall be deemed inoperative for purposes of such offering.

      8.    LISTING; RULE 144; OTHER EXEMPTIONS.

      Following registration of any Registrable Securities under the Exchange
Act, the Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed
by it under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder, and that it shall take such further action as each
Eligible Holder may reasonably request (including, but not limited to, providing
any information necessary to comply with Rules 144 and 144A (if available with
respect to resales of the Registrable Securities) under the Securities Act), all
to the extent required from time to time to enable such Eligible Holder to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 or Rule 144A (if available
with respect to resales of the Registrable Securities)

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under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or
(ii) any other rules or regulations now existing or hereafter adopted by the
Commission.

      9.    GENERAL.

      9.1.  Assignment. None of the parties to this Agreement shall assign or
delegate any of their respective rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto.

      9.2.  No Inconsistent Agreements; Other Registration Rights. The Company
shall not enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Eligible Holders in this Agreement,
other than any lock-up agreement with the underwriters in connection with an
underwritten offering pursuant to which the Company agrees, for a period not in
excess of 90 days (not in excess of 180 days with respect to securities being
offered for sale by the Company) not to register for sale, and not to sell or
otherwise dispose of, Common Stock or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

      9.3.  Remedies. The Eligible Holders, in addition to being entitled to
exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, shall be
entitled to specific performance of their rights under this Agreement. The
Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement
and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance the defense
that a remedy at law would be adequate.

      9.4.  Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties hereto set forth
herein shall survive indefinitely, unless and until, by their respective terms,
they are no longer applicable.

      9.5.  Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
and contemporaneous arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.

      9.6.  Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications
hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a
written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class, registered,
certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or telecopied with a confirmation
copy by regular mail, addressed or telecopied, as the case may be, to such party
at the address or telecopier number, as the case may be, set forth below or such
other address or telecopier number, as the case may be, as may hereafter be
designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor listing all parties:

      (i)   If to the Company, to:

            Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation
            1134 Market Street
            Wheeling, WV 26003

                Attn: James G. Bradley
                      President and Chief Executive Officer

            with a copy to:

            Bingham McCutchen LLP
            150 Federal Street
            Boston, MA  02110

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                Attn: Edward A. Saxe, Esq.
                      Barry N. Hurwitz, Esq.

      (ii)  If to an Investor, to:

            c/o Stonehill Capital Management, LLC
            885 Third Avenue, 30th Floor
            New York, NY 10022

                Attention: John Motulsky

            with a copy to:

            Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
            180 Maiden Lane
            New York, NY 10038

                Attention: Lawrence Handelsman

or, in any such case, at such other address or addresses as shall have been
furnished in writing by such party to the others.

      Any notice or other communication pursuant to this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been duly given or made and to have become effective (i) when
delivered in hand to the party to which it was directed, (ii) if sent by telex,
telecopier, facsimile machine or telegraph and properly addressed in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.6, when received by the
addressee, (iii) if sent by commercial courier guaranteeing next business day
delivery, on the business day following the date of delivery to such courier, or
(iii) if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, and properly addressed in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.4, (A) when received
by the addressee, or (B) on the third business day following the day of dispatch
thereof, whichever of (A) or (B) shall be the earlier.

      9.7.  Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be
amended, modified or terminated, and the observance of any provision of this
Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retrospectively or prospectively), with, but only with, the written consent of
each of the other parties hereto.

      9.8.  Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

      9.9.  No Waiver of Future Breach. No failure or delay on the part of any
party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof. No assent, express or implied, by any party hereto
to any breach of or default in any agreement or condition herein contained on
the part of any other party hereto shall constitute a waiver of or assent to any
succeeding breach of or default in the same or any other agreement or condition
hereof by such other party.

      9.10. No Implied Rights or Remedies; Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing herein expressed or
implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or to give any Person,
firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies under

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or by reason of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, there are no intended third party beneficiaries under or by reason of
this Agreement.

      9.11. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement
have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to
be a part of this Agreement.

      9.12. Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns
used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms,
and the singular form of names and pronouns shall include the plural and
vice-versa.

      9.13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding choice of law rules
thereof. 9.12. JURISDICTION. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably
agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any agreements or transactions contemplated hereby may be brought
in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York and hereby expressly submits to the personal
jurisdiction and venue of such courts for the purposes thereof and expressly
waives any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an
inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of
process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, action or
proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, to the address set forth in Section 9.6, such service to become
effective ten days after such mailing.

      9.14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original
instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one
agreement.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Registration Rights Agreement has been executed
under seal by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

                               WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION

                               By:  /s/ John W. Testa
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   Name: John W. Testa
                                   Title: Vice President

                               WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION

                               By:  /s/ John W. Testa
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   Name: John W. Testa
                                   Title: Senior Vice President

                               STONEHILL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.

                               By:  /s/ John Motulsky
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   Name: John Motulsky
                                   Title: General Partner

                               STONEHILL OFFSHORE PARTNERS LIMITED

                               By Stonehill Advisers LLC,
                               Its Investment Advisor

                                    By:  /s/ John Motulsky
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Name: John Motulsky
                                        Title: General Partner

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