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                                                                      EXHIBIT 15


Board of Directors
Chaparral Steel Company

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 33-39626) pertaining to the Chaparral Steel Company Stock Option
Plan of our report dated December 15, 1995, relating to the unaudited condensed
consolidated interim financial statements of Chaparral Steel Company and
subsidiaries which are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
November 30, 1995.

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 our report is not a part
of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by accountants within the
meaning of Section 7 or 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.


                                        /s/ ERNST AND YOUNG LLP
                                        Ernst and Young LLP

Dallas, Texas
January 9, 1996





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