Corus Group

Corus Group was formed through the merger of the Koninklijke Hoogovens and British Steel plc in October 1999. A constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Corus operated steelmaking plants (blast furnaces) in Port Talbot and Llanwern, Wales; Scunthorpe and Hartlepool, England; and IJmuiden, Netherlands, with additional steelmaking facilities in Rotherham, England (electric arc furnace), as well as downstream steel production of both long and flat steel. In August 2006, Corus divested its aluminium rolled products and extrusions businesses to Aleris International, Inc..