QUANEX CORP
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
10.3</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIRD
AMENDMENT TO THE QUANEX CORPORATION<br>
HOURLY BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS
AMENDMENT </font></b>by <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">QUANEX
CORPORATION </font></b>(the &#147;Sponsor&#148;),</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WITNESSETH:</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>,
on February 14, 2002, the Sponsor executed the amendment and restatement of the
Plan known as the &#147;Quanex Corporation Hourly Bargaining Unit Employees Savings
Plan&#148; (the &#147;Plan&#148;);</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>,
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.01 of the Plan, the Sponsor has the right to amend
the Plan; and</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS,</font></b>
the Sponsor desires to amend the Plan to exclude interns and students from the
eligibility provisions of the Plan;</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW,
THEREFORE</font></b>, the Sponsor agrees that, effective as of July 1,
2003, Section 1.16 of the Plan is amended to provide as follows:</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.16&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Eligible
Employee&#148;</font></b> means an Employee who (1) is compensated by the
Employer on an hourly basis for services rendered at its MacSteel Michigan
division or, effective February 1, 2001, at its MacSteel Arkansas division, and
(2) is included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement
between an employees&#146; representative and the Employer.&#160; However, during any period in which an
individual is classified by an Employer as an intern or student with respect to
such Employer, the individual is not an &#147;Eligible Employee.&#148;</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IN
WITNESS WHEREOF</font></b>, the Sponsor has executed this Amendment this
2nd day of June, 2003, effective as of July 1, 2003.</p>

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