Impact of the Earthquake of March 11

We did not have any injury or casualty related to the earthquake. All the production lines

in Kashima Steelworks are currently suspended. Other sites of Sumitomo Metals are

operating normally. The fire in coke gas holder in Kashima was extinguished.

The earthquake has damaged facilities such as gas holders, coke oven, blast furnaces

and port facilities. Kashima Steelworks has no tsunami related submerged area.

We are focusing all the resources of Sumitomo Metals Group to restart all the facilities

in Kashima as soon as possible.