Force Majeure: Sishen Iron Ore Company Proprietary Limited (“SIOC”) ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1989/002164/06) Share code: ACL ISIN: ZAE000134961 (“ArcelorMittal South Africa” or “the Company”) FORCE MAJEURE: SISHEN IRON ORE COMPANY PROPRIETARY LIMITED (“SIOC”) SIOC supplies iron ore to ArcelorMittal South Africa. On Friday 5 October 2012 SIOC issued a force majeure notice informing ArcelorMittal South Africa that its supply obligations will be suspended due to unprotected industrial action at its Sishen mine which affects production and operations. The duration of the force majeure is unknown, but SIOC anticipates that it might endure for approximately two weeks. The ArcelorMittal South Africa Saldanha plant will be negatively affected if the above continues for more than one week and a half as it has stockpiles to continue its operation for a limited period. The other plants have enough stockpiles and alternatives should the industrial action continue for an extended period. Shareholders will be updated as the Company get appraised on the developments by SIOC. Shareholders are further advised of potential operational disruptions which might arise as a result of the current transport strike. The nature of these potential operational disruptions will be disclosed once these have been firmed up or become clearer. 8 October 2012 Vanderbijlpark Sponsor Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited For further information please contact: Themba Hlengani Manager: Corporate Communications Tel: (016) 889 2425 or 083 440 0158 Date: 08/10/2012 05:14:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.