Ruukki strengthens its position in steel construction in

Rautaruukki Corporation Stock exchange release 8 July 2010 at 9.15

Ruukki has agreed a contract to deliver the steel structures for a new unit to
be built at the Połaniec power plant. The unit will be one of the world's
largest power plants fuelled by biomass. The contract is worth nearly EUR 13
million and includes the manufacture, delivery and installation of the steel
frame structures and foundations for the boiler and auxiliary equipment
buildings.

The size of the new power plant unit is reflected in the fact that the around
2,500-square-metre boiler plant will be almost 67 metres tall, roughly the
height of a 20-storey building. The new unit will be commissioned toward the end
of 2012. After the new unit is commissioned, the entire Połaniec power plant,
the largest in southeast Poland, will have an output of over 7 terawatt-hours of
power energy per year, equal to the supply for over 2 million households.

"The design and manufacture of structures for industrial buildings is always
demanding because the structures must be capable of supporting very heavy loads.
In all Central Eastern European countries, our design expertise and project
management can be integrated into construction projects from an early stage of
the project to installation. This means we can work with the customer to
identify the best construction solutions to provide the best value and
structural performance for the customer," says Jouni Metsämäki, Senior Vice
President, Central Eastern Europe, Ruukki Construction.

Manufacture of the steel structures will begin at Ruukki's plant in Oborniki,
Poland in August. Deliveries will last about seven months.

In the project, Ruukki's customer is Foster Wheeler Energia Polska, which is
part of the Foster Wheeler Global Power Group. The developer is GDF SUEZ Energia
Polska S.A., the fifth largest power producer in Poland. The power plant unit
will be located on the Vistula river, near Połaniec in the Świętokrzyskie
voivodeship.

Ruukki has long experience of large power plant projects. Last year, the company
supplied, for example, the power plant frame and envelope manufacturing and
installation for Metso Power in Finland and the steel frame and envelope
structures for Fortum's combined heat and power plant in Estonia.

For further information, please contact: Jouni Metsämäki, SVP, Central Eastern
Europe, Ruukki Construction, tel. +358 20 592 9114



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Rautaruukki Corporation
Anne Pirilä
SVP, Communications and Investor Relations

Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to
the construction and engineering industries. The company has a wide selection of
metal products and services. Rautaruukki has operations in 27 countries and
employs 11,500 people. Net sales in 2009 totalled EUR 2.0 billion. The company's
share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). The Corporation
uses the marketing name Ruukki.



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Ruukki strengthens its position in steel construction in Central Eastern Europe: contract worth nearly EUR 13 million in project to build one of the world's largest biomass power plants
