Rautaruukki to publish Interim Report for January - June, 2004 on Wednesday, 28 July, 2004 at 9:00 Finnish time

Rautaruukki Group Stock Exchange Announcement 19 July 2004 at 14.00 Finnish time

Rautaruukki Group will publish its interim report for the period
January-June, 2004 on Wednesday, 28 July, 2004 at 9:00 Finnish
time. The interim report will be available on the company website at
www.rautaruukki.com after publishing.

Presentation for press and analysts will be held on 28 July 2004 at
10:30 Finnish time at Rautaruukki Group, Suolakivenkatu 1, 00811 Helsinki.

A telephone conference for analysts and investors, conducted in
English, will begin at 15:00 Finnish time.

Callers may access the conference directly at the following telephone number:

All callers: +44 (0) 20 7162 0183
Password: Rautaruukki

The encore replay number:

All callers: +44 (0) 20 8288 4459
Access code: 591452
The encore replay will be available until 30 July 2004.


Rautaruukki Group
Esko Lukkari, VP (Stock Exchange and Financial Communications, Media relations)


DISTRIBUTION
Helsinki Exchanges
Principal Media
www.rautaruukki.com