US Steel could even have a technical advantage over Nucor since one new method of steel making it is considering, thin strip casting, may produce higher quality steel than the Nucor thin slab technique.

Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "US steel and Nucor are companies."?

Select from:
[a]. Yes.
[b]. It's impossible to say.
[c]. No.
I think the answer is
[a].