On March 14, 2008, Quanex Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing that the Harris County State District Court denied Momentum Partners' request for a temporary injunction of the Company's previously announced pending merger with a subsidiary of Gerdau S.A. The foregoing is qualified by reference to the Press Release which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Press Release dated March 14, 2008

SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.