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26 May 2023

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Ready for the future – Montan-Stiftung-Saar and the supervisory boards of SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar, Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke and Saarstahl AG appoint new executive management team for the transformation

With these personnel decisions, Montan-Stiftung-Saar is signaling its clear commitment to the future of the Saarland steel industry. The overarching goal of the trust’s Executive Committee and Board of Trustees is to guide the steel industry successfully through the upcoming years of transformation to green steel production. This will require an executive management team which, in addition to the necessary expertise, also identifies with the Saarland steel industry and has the will to successfully implement the next steps in decarbonization.

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19 April 2023

Press release: Key figures for the 2022 financial year for the Dillinger Group and the Saarstahl Group

Record result: The Dillinger Group and Saarstahl Group are creating the economic basis for the transformation

• The Saarstahl and Dillinger Groups look back on a successful 2022 financial year and have achieved one of the best results in the company’s history. • Dillinger Group: Sales revenue of €3.4 billion (2021: €2.3 billion) and EBITDA of €513 million (2021: €201 million) • Saarstahl Group: Sales revenue of €3.6 billion (2021: €2.8 billion) and EBITDA of €417 million (2021: €282 million)

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15 March 2023

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SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar (SHS) with Dillinger and Saarstahl donate EUR 100,000 for people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

The earthquake disaster in the border region of Turkey and Syria as well as the impact on the people there are enormous and require targeted aid. The SHS Group wants to do its part to help the affected people and alleviate the need. The steel companies are therefore supporting the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, DRK) and AWO International with an immediate donation of EUR 50,000 to each organization for their relief efforts.

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03 February 2023

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Hyvolution: Industry partners and government representatives underline importance of a cross-border hydrogen economy

Paris, 02.02.2023. During the international trade fair Hyvolution, the Grande Region Hydrogen EEIG (GRH) association with partners from Saarland, Grand Est and Luxembourg presented its goal of building a cross-border hydrogen economy today in Paris. The association appealed to the invited politicians for their active support. To this end, industry representatives of the GRH and government representatives from Grand Est, Saarland and Luxembourg discussed the next steps together. In addition, the assembled industrial partners of the Grande Region Hydrogen signed a voluntary commitment to cooperation aimed at building a cross-border hydrogen economy.

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02 February 2023

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Sustainably well positioned: CDP leadership status for the SHS Group

This year’s rating by the environmental protection organization Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) awards top marks again to the sustainability management at the SHS Group (SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar, Saarstahl and Dillinger). The companies of the SHS Group have obtained leadership status with an overall grade of A- in the “Metal smelting, refining & forming” industry. By signing the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) declaration of commitment, the steel producer is strengthening its position as a responsible company.

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10 January 2023

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OVET and BHP Billiton selected for Top Supplier award

ROGESA Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH and Zentralkokerei Saar GmbH (ZKS), both joint subsidiaries of DILLINGER and Saarstahl, have selected two more business partners in addition to Canada’s IOC Iron Ore Company for Top Supplier honors in 2021: the Dutch transhipment port OVET in the “Seafreight and Transshipment” category, and the mining group BHP Billiton in the “Solid fuels” category.

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07 December 2022

Saarstahl supports Völklingen Tafel food bank – St. Nicholas project and clothes for volunteers

EUR 7,500 for Völklingen Tafel food bank

Saarstahl AG regularly supports the Völklingen Tafel food bank and is now donating EUR 7,500. The Diakonie Saar, which sponsors the Tafel food bank, used part of the donation to purchase the softshell vests and aprons for the more than 30 volunteers and packed St. Nicholas bags for the customers. The remaining sum will be used for maintaining the food bank and for non-perishable foodstuffs, which are donated by supermarkets only in small quantities because they now calculate their stocks more accurately in this respect.

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02 December 2022

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Historic investment for greater climate protection: Supervisory Boards approve investment of EUR 3.5 billion for green steel from Saarland.

The Supervisory Boards of SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar, Saarstahl AG and Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke (Dillinger), the Board of Trustees of Montan-Stiftung-Saar, and the Board of Management of SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar have jointly resolved to invest EUR 3.5 billion – subject to the approval of public funds – to transform the steel industry in the Saarland and enable production of green steel. The decision by the Supervisory Boards enables the decarbonization of Saarland’s steel industry. Starting as early as 2027, up to 3.5 million tons of low-carbon steel will be produced annually in Saarland and carbon emissions will be cut by 4.9 million tons.

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21 October 2022

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IOC Iron Ore Company of Canada receives award as „TOP supplier“ again

ROGESA Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH and Zentralkokerei Saar GmbH (ZKS) introduced a supplier management system as part of their substainability strategy in 2019. Since then, top suppliers have been awarded based on defined sustainability and quality criteria, they have to fullfill conditions such as: product quality, adherence to quantities and deadlines, flexibility with regard to changing framework conditions, technical support granded and sustainability. For the iron ore sector, ROEGSA and Zentralkokerei recently awarded the IOC Iron Ore Company of Canada as TOP supplier of the year 2021. So, the canadian company has received the TOP supplier award twice in the row.

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05 October 2022

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New careers in the Saarland steel industry Saarland: Chamber of Industry and Commerce and SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar have joined forces to shape the transformation in the world of work

Industrial specialist for hydrogen – that’s the name of a new vocational qualification that will be in demand in the future at SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar with the companies Dillinger and Saarstahl. The world of work and fields of activity will change fundamentally for employees when the largest employer in Saarland converts its traditional blast furnace route to more sustainable technologies. The Saarland Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar are supporting this transformation in the world of work by offering custom-tailored qualification programs. The first low-carbon steel is slated to be produced in Saarland in 2027. Qualification training is beginning in parallel with the planning of the plants.

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