RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL SUMMARY 2008


Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 20 March 2009 at 2:15 p.m.            

RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL SUMMARY 2008                        

Ruukki Group Plc's Annual Report 2008 has been published in Finnish and in      
English. The Annual Report is published in pdf-format on Ruukki Group's website 
at                                                                              
http://www.ruukkigroup.fi/in_English/Investors/Financial_Information/Annual_repo
rts.iw3.                                                                        

The Annual Report can be subscribed by email at helena.tuominen@ruukkigroup.fi  
or by calling +358 10 440 7000/Helena Tuominen.                                 

Ruukki Group Plc has published an annual summary of releases and news published 
through the stock exchange during the financial year 2008 on the Company's      
website at http://www.ruukkigroup.fi/in_English/Releases/Annual_Summaries.iw3.  

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   

Ruukki Group specialises in industrial refining of certain natural resources.   
The Group has two focus areas: Wood Processing and Minerals. Ruukki Group Plc's 
shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki in which the shares of the Company are 
traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.                       

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +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.

Attachments

rg_annual_report_2008.pdf