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LTV Corporation Files For Chapter 11 Reorganization
The third largest steel producer in the United States filed for chapter 11 protection on December 29, 2000 after loosing more than $900 million in 2000. The company blamed a weakening economy and unfairly priced import steel with driving the cost of steel to a 20-year low. After a year LTV Steel shit down and the remainder of LTV's assets were slowly sold off.
Posted: 2002-07-17 2:00:11 PM
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