<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from the March
31, 1997 Consolidated  Balance Sheets and Consolidated  Statements of Operations
of Biringham Steel Corporation and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-END>                               Mar-31-1997
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