EXHIBIT NO. 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Registrant:	Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation
Subsidiary of Registrant	Organized Under Jurisdiction of
Shredded Products Corporation	Virginia
John W. Hancock, Jr., Inc.	Virginia
Socar, Incorporated	South Carolina
Socar of Ohio, Inc.	Ohio
RESCO Steel Products Corporation	Virginia
Roanoke Technical Treatment and Services, Inc.	Virginia
(Inactive)
Steel of West Virginia, Inc.	Delaware
SWVA, Inc.	Delaware
Marshall Steel, Inc.	Delaware
Steel Ventures, Inc.	Delaware

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