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Article: North Star Steel Company
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North Star Steel Company
15407 McGinty Road, Dept. 51
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
U.S.A.
(612) 742-7575
Fax: (612) 742-6687
Web site: http://www.cargill.com
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Cargill, Inc.
Founded:
1965
Sales:
$570.00 million (1993)
Employees:
3,200 (1993)
SICs:
3312 Blast Furnaces and Steel Mills
As the core business of Cargill, Inc.
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s worldwide steel operations, North Star Steel Company has exploited its early expertise in minimill steel production, its ability to stay ahead of the curve of new steelmaking technology, and its long history of expansion and acquisition to become, by 1996, the second-largest minimill steel producer in the United States and the eighth-largest U.S. ...