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ownership in the next century; in 1850 approximately 20,000 tons of iron and cast iron each were produced, by 1869 this had increased 15 blast furnaces and a production of well over 100,000 tons of cast iron and iron each. Production included rails, bars, sheet, tin and wire.
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4. Unimétal is a steel producer currently owned by the Aster company, itself wholly owned by the Usinor group. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries Société Métallurgique de
Revigny (SMR) and Tréfileurope, Unimétal produces and sells bright bars and drawn
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in north-eastern France. Over the next one hundred years industrial production grew, and, in 1822 the first coke fired blast furnace in France was constructed. Further growth occurred under
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affected both the steelmaking groups, already in debt from modernisation projects, and heavily reliant on state loans; in 1981 both Usinor and
Sacilor was nationalised.
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the region returned to France, and the factories regained. Production continued to increase, with over 1.5million tons of iron and cast iron each produced in 1929.
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in 1991. In 1995 the company was privatised, and in 1997 the entire group renamed
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733:"Commission authorises acquisition of Sogerail (France) by British Steel (UK)"
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was a French steel making group formed in 1948. The group was merged with
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in 1971, receiving materials by sea and from abroad.
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