January 10, 2003



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC  20549

RE:  Amended Schedule 13G
     Imco Recycling, Inc.
     As of December 31, 2002

Gentlemen:

In  accordance  with Section 13(d)(5) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, enclosed please find a copy of an amended Schedule 13G for
the  above named company showing beneficial ownership  of  less than 5%
as of December 31, 2002 filed on behalf of Eagle Asset Management, Inc.

Very truly yours,



Kenneth K. Koster
Senior Vice President, Administration
Chief Compliance Officer

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Enclosures

cc:  Office of the Corporate Secretary
     Imco Recycling, Inc.
     5215 N. O'Conner Blvd., Suite 1500
     Central Tower at Williams Square
     Irving, TX  75039

     Securities Division
     New York Stock Exchange
     11 Wall Street
     New York, NY  10005















               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

                          Schedule 13G

           Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                    (Amendment No. 5 )*


            Imco Recycling, Incorporated
                     (Name of Issuer)


            Common Stock par value $0.10 per share
                 (Title of Class of Securities)


                           449681105
                         (CUSIP Number)


Check  the  following  box  if a fee  is  being  paid  with  this
statement  _____.   (A fee is not required  only  if  the  filing
person:    (1)  has  a  previous  statement  on  file   reporting
beneficial  ownership of more than five percent of the  class  of
securities  described in Item 1; and (2) has filed  no  amendment
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent
or less of such class.)  (See Rule 13d-7.)

*The  remainder  of this cover page shall be  filled  out  for  a
reporting  person's initial filing on this form with  respect  to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.

The  information  required in the remainder of  this  cover  page
shall  not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section  18
of  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934  ("Act")  or  otherwise
subject  to the liabilities of that section of the Act but  shall
be  subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see  the
Notes).









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CUSIP NO. 449681105                  13G
--------------------------------------------------------

 1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        Eagle Asset Management, Inc.    59-2385219

 2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) ______
                                                        (B) ______


 3  SEC USE ONLY


 4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        State of Florida


     NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER
      SHARES                     561,350
   BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER
      OWNED                      - - -
      AS OF
   DECEMBER 31, 2002    7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     BY EACH                     561,350
   REPORTING            8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
  PERSON WITH                    - - -

 9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             561,350

10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
                3.81%

12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

            IA




     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!






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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:

          Imco Recycling, Incorporated


Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executing Offices:

          5215 N. O'Conner Blvd., Suite 1500
          Central Tower at Williams Square
          Irving, TX  75039


Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:

          Eagle Asset Management, Inc.


Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:

          880 Carillon Parkway
          St. Petersburg, Florida  33716


Item 2(c) Citizenship:

          Florida


Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:

          Common Stock par value $0.10 per share


Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:

          449681105


Item 3    Type of Reporting Person:

          (e)   Investment  Adviser  registered  under Section 203 of
the Investment Advisors Act of 1940













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Item 4     Ownership as of December 31, 2002:

           (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:

                561,350 shares of common stock beneficially owned including:

                                                         No. of Shares
                Eagle Asset Management, Inc.               561,350


            (b) Percent of Class:                           3.81%

            (c) Deemed  Voting Power  and  Disposition Power:

                (i)          (ii)           (iii)         (iv)
                                            Deemed        Deemed
                Deemed       Deemed         to have       to have
                to have      to have        Sole Powe     Shared Power
                Sole Power   Shared Power   to Dispose    to Dispose
                to Vote or   to Vote or     or to         or to
                to Direct    to Direct      Direct the    Direct the
                to Vote      to Vote        Disposition   Disposition
                ----------   ------------   -----------   ------------
Eagle Asset     561,350      ----           561,350       ----
Management, Inc.


Item 5     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

           If  this  statement is being filed to report the  fact
that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to  be
the  beneficial owner of more than five percent of the  class  of
securities, check the following.
                                                            ( X )

Item 6     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person:

           N/A

Item 7     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which
Acquired the Security Being  Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

           N/A









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Item 8     Identification and Classification of  Members  of the Group:

               N/A

Item 9     Notice of Dissolution of Group:   N/A

Item 10    Certification:

           By  signing  below I certify that to the  best  of  my
knowledge  and  belief,  the securities referred  to  above  were
acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired
for  purpose  of  and  do  not have the  effect  of  changing  or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not  acquired  in  connection with or as  a  participant  in  any
transaction having such purposes or effect.

           Signature

           After  reasonable  inquiry  and  to  the  best  of  my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: January 10, 2003          EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.


                                ____________________________________
                                Kenneth K. Koster
                                Senior Vice President, Administration
                                Chief Compliance Officer

















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