Compliance notice issued to ArcelorMittal South Africa by GDARD ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 1989/002164/06 Share code: ACL & ISIN: ZAE000134961 (“ArcelorMittal South Africa”) Compliance notice issued to ArcelorMittal South Africa by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Shareholders are advised that ArcelorMittal South Africa received a notice from the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(“GDARD”)on 22 October 2012 instructing the company to cease operation of certain units at its Vanderbijlpark plant. GDARD alleges that these units do not comply with certain conditions of the air emission licence for the Vanderbijlpark plant. ArcelorMittal South Africa is of the view that the notice is defective both in terms of administrative justice as well as factually. The company is currently complying with the conditions as contained in the air emission licence. ArcelorMittal South Africa intends to object to the notice and will issue an application to suspend the notice pending the finalisation of the objection to the contents of the notice. The company is confident that it will successfully challenge the notice. ArcelorMittal South Africa takes its environmental obligations seriously. It has invested in a number of environmental projects to improve its compliance to environmental regulations and air quality within the Vaal Priority Area. These projects include: - Completion of the EAF dust extraction system at the Vereeniging plant to abate fugitive emissions that escaped from the facility at a cost of R230 million; - Recent completion of the emission abatement system for the Sinter plant at Vanderbijlpark Works which will reduce particulate emissions from this facility by 80% at a cost of R250 million. Shareholders will be kept informed of any further developments in this matter. 24 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: 24/10/2012 09:38:00 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.