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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000893877-03-000114
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030715
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030717

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EDELSON JILL SCHNITZER
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001249487

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22496
		FILM NUMBER:		03791708

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3200 NW YEON AVENUE
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5032249900

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912603
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MISC DURABLE GOODS [5090]
		IRS NUMBER:				930341923
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3200 NW YEON AVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 10047
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97210-0047
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5032249900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 10047
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97210
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nership><natureOfOwnership><value>By Voting Trust</value><footnoteId id="F1"/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeSecurity><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson and Richard H. Edelson, Trustees U/A/D 2/22/95, F/B/O Jill Schnitzer Edelson.</footnote><footnote id="F2">The reporting person has indirect beneficial ownership of 100 shares of Class A Common Stock, held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson, as custodian under Ohio Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, F/B/O Lauren R. Edelson.</footnote><footnote id="F3">Class B Common Stock is immediately convertible on a one-for-one basis into Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date.</footnote><footnote id="F4">The reporting person has additional indirect beneficial of Class B Common Stock, which is immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis and has no expiration date, as follows:  10,541 shares, represented by voting trust certificates held by Ji
ll Schnitzer Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D December 22, 1994, F/B/O Brooke Danielle Edelson; 10,541 shares, represented by voting trust certificates held by Jill Schnitzer, Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D December 22, 1994, F/B/O Lauren Rachelle Edelson; and 10,541 shares, represented by voting trust certificates held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D November 3, 1997, F/B/O Brendan Zane Edelson.</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>Charles A. Ford, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-07-17</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

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