RAUTARUUKKI TO DELIVER EUR 100 MILLION STEEL STRUCTURE ORDER FOR FOOTBALL STADIUM IN ST PETERSBURG

Rautaruukki Oyj	   Stock Exchange Release	22.2.2008

RAUTARUUKKI TO DELIVER EUR 100 MILLION STEEL STRUCTURE ORDER FOR FOOTBALL
STADIUM IN ST PETERSBURG 

Rautaruukki has signed a major contract to deliver steel structures for the new
Zenit football stadium in St Petersburg, Russia. The contract is a unit price
delivery valued at a total of around EUR 100 million and is the biggest steel
structure delivery in Rautaruukki's history. The project investor is the city
government and the main contractor LLC Avant. 

Deliveries of steel structures for the stand will begin in April and continue
until October 2008. The first football game at the new Zenit stadium will be in
spring 2009. The stadium will have a total of 60,000 seats. The truss-like
stand structures to be delivered by Rautaruukki weigh a total of 23 000 tonnes. 

- Cooperation with the city of St Petersburg strengthens our position as a
dependable partner capable of making reliable deliveries to very demanding
customers. This is also an excellent example of the strategic progress we are
making to be the industry leader in steel construction in Europe, says Saku
Sipola, President, Ruukki Construction. 

- Ruukki was the best choice of partner. We chose Ruukki because of its
worldwide reputation and top quality products. Ruukki is also able to produce a
large volume of challenging structures to very tight schedule, says Gregory
Feldman, General Manager, LLC Avant. 

The structures will be made partly at Ruukki's own facilities in Obninsk and
Balabanovo, Russia and partly by subcontractors. The biggest support structures
to be delivered to the stadium are 50 metres high and weigh over 60 tonnes. The
metals used for the structures will be sourced mainly from Russian suppliers. 

Ruukki has sound experience of steel structure supplies for sports complexes
and arenas. Since 2006, Ruukki has delivered materials, roof structures,
panels, façades, including installation, for a number of arenas in Sweden,
Russia and Latvia. 



Further information:
Saku Sipola, President, Ruukki Construction, tel. +358 20 59 28979, +358 40 55
15953 
Sergey Chernishev, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Russia, Ruukki
Construction, 
tel. +7 49 57 842096, +7 812 346 6969

Photos of arenas and sports complexes supplied by Ruukki available at:
http://www.datahotelli.com/ruukki_mediakit/mediaKit.jsp?id=4039743&type=search

Rautaruukki Corporation

Anne Pirilä 
SVP, Corporate 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 24 countries and
employs 14,600 people. Net sales in 2007 totalled EUR 3.9 billion. The
company's share is quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj:
RTRKS). The Corporation has used the marketing name Ruukki since 2004. 

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