Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED A SAFETY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOMPENT COMMITTEE

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 8 July 2010 at 4:10 p.m.              

RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED A SAFETY AND SUSTAINABLE      
DEVELOMPENT COMMITTEE                                                           

Ruukki Group Plc's Board of Directors has decided to establish a Safety and     
Sustainable Development Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed Mr Paul 
Everard as the Chairman of the Committee and Mr Philip Baum and Mr Terence      
McConnachie as the members of the Committee.                                    

The main function of the Committee is to review matters related to safety and   
sustainability in order to ensure that the operations of the Group are carried  
out in a safe and sustainable manner. The Committee will also make              
recommendations in this regard to the Board.                                    

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
CEO                                                                             

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing    
businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and     
traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.                       


For additional information, please contact:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
CEO                                                                             
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Tel. +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.