UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 3

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                        New York                      10004
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   (City)                           (State)                       (Zip)


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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

    October 18, 2001
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)


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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    Metal Management, Inc.
    (MLMG)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [   ]   Director                             [ X ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

    October 29, 2001
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)

   [   ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
   [ X ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                                Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                            |
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                              |                                |                     |                                             |
                              |                                |                     |                                             |
                              |                                | 3. Ownership Form:  |                                             |
                              |       2. Amount of Securities  |    Direct (D) or    |                                             |
1. Title of Security          |          Beneficially Owned    |    Indirect (I)     | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership  |
   (Instr. 4)                 |          (Instr. 4)            |    (Instr. 5)       |    (Instr.5)                                |
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                              |                                |                     |                                             |
Common Stock                  |           1,497,189(01)        |         02          |                 02                          |
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                              |                                |                     |                                             |
Common Stock                  |                   29           |         03          |                 03                          |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
 5(b)(v).


FORM 3 (continued)



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                                  Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                             |
                             (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                        |
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                        |                       |                                      |              |               |            |
                        |                       |                                      |              | 5. Owner-     |            |
                        |                       |   3. Title and Amount of Securities  |              |    ship       |            |
                        |                       |      Underlying Derivative Security  |              |    Form of    |            |
                        |2. Date Exercisable    |      (Instr. 4)                      |              |    Derivative |            |
                        |   and Expiration Date |   ---------------------------------  | 4. Conver-   |    Security:  |            |
                        |   (Month/Day/Year)    |                       |  Amount      |    sion or   |    Direct     |6.Nature of |
                        |---------------------- |                       |  or          |    Exercise  |    (D) or     |  Indirect  |
                        |Date      |Expira-     |                       |  Number      |    Price of  |    Indirect   |  Beneficial|
1. Title of Derivative  |Exer-     |tion        |                       |  of          |    Derivative|    (I)        |  Ownership |
   Security (Instr. 4)  |cisable   |Date        |   Title               |  Shares      |    Security  |    (Instr.5)  |  (Instr. 5)|
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                        |          |            |                       |              |              |               |            |
Series A Warrants       | 06/29/01 | 06/29/06   |Common Stock           |       62     |    $21.50    |       02      |     02     |
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                        |          |            |                       |              |              |               |            |
Series A Warrants       | 06/29/01 | 06/29/06   |Common Stock           |      194     |    $21.50    |       03      |     03     |
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Instruction 5(b)(v) list of other Reporting Persons:

This statement is being filed by Goldman,  Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and The
Goldman Sachs Group,  Inc. ("GS Group" and,  together  with Goldman  Sachs,  the
"Reporting  Persons").  The principal  business address of each of Goldman Sachs
and GS Group is 85 Broad Street, New York, New York, 10004.

Explanation of Responses:

01:  As  described  in the  initial  Form 3, the  exact  amount  of shares to be
received by Goldman Sachs in connection with the Issuer's  Chapter 11 bankruptcy
reorganization had not been determined as of the date on which such initial Form
3 was filed.  Accordingly,  the amount of shares set forth in the initial Form 3
was an estimated amount.  The final amount of shares has now been determined and
is set forth on Table I of this Amended Form 3.

02: Goldman Sachs owns  beneficially  and directly and GS Group may be deemed to
own  beneficially  and  indirectly in the aggregate  1,497,189  shares of Common
Stock.  Goldman Sachs owns  beneficially and directly and GS Group may be deemed
to own  beneficially  and  indirectly in the  aggregate  warrants to purchase 62
shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned  subsidiary of
GS Group.

03: Spear,  Leeds & Kellogg,  L.P. ("SLK") owns beneficially and directly and GS
Group may be  deemed  to own  beneficially  and  indirectly  29 shares of Common
Stock.  SLK owns  beneficially  and  directly  and GS Group may be deemed to own
beneficially and indirectly warrants to purchase 194 shares of Common Stock. SLK
is an indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary of GS Group.  Goldman  Sachs  disclaims
beneficial  ownership of the  securities  owned  directly by SLK,  except to the
extent of its pecuniary interest therein.


**SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSONS:

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.



By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman
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     Name:     Roger S. Begelman
     Title:    Attorney-in-fact



THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.



By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman
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     Name:     Roger S. Begelman
     Title:    Attorney-in-fact


Date:     December 23, 2002




**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

       Alternatively,   this  form  is  permitted  to  be  submitted  to  the
       Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
       pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS  that GOLDMAN,  SACHS & CO. (the  "Company")
does hereby  make,  constitute  and  appoint  each of Hans L. Reich and Roger S.
Begelman,  acting  individually,  its true and lawful  attorney,  to execute and
deliver in its name and on its behalf whether the Company is acting individually
or as representative  of others,  any and all filings required to be made by the
Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (as amended, the "Act"), with
respect  to  securities  which  may be deemed  to be  beneficially  owned by the
Company under the Act, giving and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact power
and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as
the Company  might or could do if  personally  present by one of its  authorized
signatories,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

THIS  POWER OF  ATTORNEY  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until  either
revoked  in  writing  by the  undersigned  or until  such time as the  person or
persons to whom power of  attorney  has been  hereby  granted  cease(s) to be an
employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has duly subscribed  these presents as of
December 8th, 2000.



GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.


By: s/ Gregory  K. Palm
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Name:  Gregory K. Palm
Title: Managing Director





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS  that THE GOLDMAN  SACHS  GROUP,  INC.  (the
"Company")  does hereby make,  constitute  and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and
Roger S. Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute
and  deliver  in its  name and on its  behalf  whether  the  Company  is  acting
individually or as representative of others,  any and all filings required to be
made by the Company under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended,  the
"Act"),  with respect to securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned
by  the   Company   under  the  Act,   giving  and   granting   unto  each  said
attorney-in-fact  power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if  personally  present by
one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

THIS  POWER OF  ATTORNEY  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until  either
revoked  in  writing  by the  undersigned  or until  such time as the  person or
persons to whom power of  attorney  has been  hereby  granted  cease(s) to be an
employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has duly subscribed  these presents as of
December 8th, 2000.



THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.


By: s/ Gregory K. Palm
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Name:  Gregory K. Palm
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel