U.S. STEEL FIRMS STUDY USX UNIT PRICE HIKE
Two major steel companies said they
were studying a price increase announced yesterday by USX
Corp's USS steelmaking division.
    Spokesman for Armco Inc and Bethlehem Steel Corp said the
proposed price hike was under study.
    Yesterday, USS said it plans to raise base prices on plate
products by 20 dlrs a short ton, or about five pct, effective
with shipments October 4.
    A spokesman for LTV Steel Co, a unit of LTV Corp, declined
comment, adding that the company does not make heavy plate and
makes few other plate products.
 Reuter
