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The Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company was incorporated federally in 1898 as the NS Iron and Steel Company Ltd. Its name was subsequently amended in 1901 [NS Statutes, 1901, ca. 158]. The new company was an amalgamation of several smaller steel, iron and coal companies that had been established in Cape Breton and northern Nova Scotia in the 19th century. In 1900 the NS Steel Company had purchased coal leases for the collieries and mines of the General Mining Association of London. These leases included the Sydney Mines and Point Aconi areas, whose seams were considered to be of superior quality. In 1901 an integrated steel mill was established on the southeast side of Sydney Harbour in Whitney Pier, by the newly-formed Dominion Iron and Steel Company Limited (DISCO). DISCO merged with the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company (SCOTIA) in 1920 to form the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO). BESCO reorganized as Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO)in 1930. The Hawker-Siddley Group bought the steel plant in 1957 and operated it for ten years. In 1966 DOSCO and its parent corporation, A.V. Roe Canada Ltd., announced that its coal operations would be terminated. This action precipitated a series of events that resulted in the federal government stepping in to take over the Cape Breton collieries. In February 1967 it established a federal crown corporation, the Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO.) This decision led to the subsequent provincialization of the DOSCO steel plant, renamed the Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO).
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created 2011.