[1] In April 2002, the company acquired the assets of bankrupt Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), including facilities in Cleveland, Indiana Harbor and Hennepin, for $83.4 million in cash.

[1][2] In October 2002, ISG acquired an idled sheet strip mill and basic oxygen furnace in Riverdale, Illinois from bankrupt Acme Steel for $60.9 million in cash.

[1][6] In May 2004, ISG acquired the assets of bankrupt Weirton Steel, the second largest producer of tin mill products in the U.S., for $187 million in cash.

[1][7] In June 2004, ISG acquired the assets of bankrupt Georgetown Steel for $18 million in cash.

[1][8] In July 2004, ISG acquired an idled hot-briquetted iron facility in Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago for $18 million in cash.