Item  1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On December 14 2006, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Company”) received notice, by letter dated December 12, 2006, that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (“CSN”) was exercising its right to terminate the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) previously entered into on October 24, 2006 among CSN, CSN Holdings Corp., CSN Acquisition Corp., and the Company pursuant to which the Company would have merged with and into CSN Acquisition Corp with CSN Acquisition Corp. surviving the merger. CSN also informed the Company that as a result of such termination, the enhanced proposal made by CSN and announced November 13, 2006 has also been withdrawn.
     Under the terms of the Merger Agreement there is no break-up fee.
     The Company issued a press release announcing the termination of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
           
    WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Craig T. Bouchard
 
       
 
      Craig T. Bouchard
President
Dated: December 15, 2006