Ruukki Group Oyj - Financial Calendar

INVITATION TO PRESS AND ANALYSTS BRIEFING ON RUUKKI GROUP'S INTERIM REPORT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 3 November 2008 at 10:42 a.m.         

Ruukki Group‘s Interim Report for 1 January - 30 September 2008 will be         
published on Tuesday 4 November 2008. The Interim Report will be available on   
the company website at www.ruukkigroup.fi after publishing.                     

Related to the Interim Report, analysts and press representatives are invited to
attend a briefing to be held on 4 November 12:00 p.m. onwards at Tapahtumatalo  
Bank, Unioninkatu 20, Helsinki.                                                 

Furthermore, a conference call for analysts and investors, conducted in English,
will be held starting at 4:00 p.m. Finnish time.                                

Those wishing to participate, please register by Tuesday 4 November at 9:00 a.m.
at the latest via email to marjo.lonka@ruukkigroup.fi. Further instructions to  
attend the conference call will be given after registration.                    

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   

Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki in which   
the shares of the Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials 
sector.                                                                         
For further information, please contact:                                        

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Tel. +358 50 442 1663 / +41 7960 19094                                          
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

This stock exchange release is based on a translation into English of a document
written in Finnish. In case of any discrepancies, inconsistencies or            
inaccuracies, the Finnish version of the release shall prevail.