General Steel to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results on November 6, 2009

BEIJING, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- General Steel Holdings, Inc. ("General Steel" or the "Company") (NYSE: GSI), one of China's leading non-state-owned producers of steel products and aggregators of domestic steel companies, today announced that it will report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on Friday, November 6, 2009 before the U.S. market opens.

General Steel management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on November 6, 2009 (9:00 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on November 6, 2009). Management will discuss results and highlights from the quarter and answer questions.

    The dial-in number and passcode for the conference call are as follows:

    U.S. Toll-free: +1-800-860-2442
    Passcode: General Steel Holdings

The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by clicking the following link: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=63645 . Additionally, an archived webcast of this call will be available on General Steel's website at http://www.gshi-steel.com .

About General Steel Holdings, Inc.

General Steel Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: GSI), headquartered in Beijing, China, operates a diverse portfolio of Chinese steel companies. With 6.3 million metric tons aggregate production capacity, its companies serve various industries and produce a variety of steel products including rebar, hot-rolled carbon and silicon sheet, high-speed wire and spiral-weld pipe. General Steel Holdings, Inc. has steel operations in Shaanxi and Guangdong provinces, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Tianjin municipality. For more information, please visit http://www.gshi-steel.com .

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    In China:

     Jing Ou-Yang
     General Steel Holdings, Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-5879-7346
     Email: jing.ouyang@gshi-steel.com

     Justin Knapp
     Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
     Tel:   +86-10-8520-6556
     Email: gsi@ogilvy.com

    In the United States:

     Jessica Barist Cohen
     Ogilvy Financial, New York
     Tel:   +1-646-460-9989
     Email: gsi@ogilvy.com

SOURCE General Steel Holdings, Inc.