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AMG Critical Materials N.V.

Investor Presentation Nov 12, 2009

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AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.

Third Quarter 2009 Investor Presentation

November 2009

Disclaimer

THIS DOCUMENT IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND IS BEING PROVIDED TO YOU SOLELY FOR YOUR INFORMATION BY AMG ADVANCED METALLURGICAL GROUP N.V. (THE "COMPANY") AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR FURTHER DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR PUBLISHED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR ANY PURPOSE. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.

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Contents

  • Highlights and Operational Review
  • Financial Review
  • Market Overview and Outlook

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group

Global specialty metals and materials technology company

Fuel Efficiency

Proprietary alloys, superalloys and vacuum furnaces for aerospace applications

Recycling

Recycling of spent refinery catalysts and power plant residues used to produce ferrovanadium and ferronickel-moly and vanadium alloys

Solar

Crystallisation vacuum furnace technology for the creation of solar ingots and silicon metal producer

Nuclear

Vacuum furnace technology for nuclear fuels and storage technology for nuclear waste

Global Operations

Global presence enables access to key growth markets

  • Note: This chart is a simplified depiction of AMG"s organisational structure.
  • (1) Timminco Limited is listed on the Toronto stock exchange (TIM CN / TIM.TO).
  • (2) Graphit Kropfmühl AG ("GK") is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange (GKRG.DE / GKR GR).

Financial Highlights - Third Quarter 2009

■ Revenue: \$205.4 million

  • EBITDA: \$18.6 million, 9.0 % EBITDA margin
  • Reduced sales prices
  • Low capacity utilizations
  • Advanced Materials profitability improved
  • Engineering Systems order intake remained low
  • Capital investment reduced to \$3.6 million in Q3 2009
  • Cash: \$124.4 million and debt of \$202.3 million ■ Net debt of \$77.9 million
  • AMG owns 44.5% of Timminco and no longer consolidates Timminco"s financial information
  • Treated as equity method accounting under IFRS

Market Overview

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (1)
Total
Solar Fuel Efficiency Recycling Nuclear Other Group
QTD
Q3 09 Q3 08 Q3 09 Q3 08 Q3 09 Q3 08 Q3 09 Q3 08 Q3 09 Q3 08 Q3 09 Q3 08
Revenue 53 103 58 112 12 46 2 - 80 110 205 371
Gross
Margin
17 31 7 24 5 18 (1) - 12 10 40 83
Margin % 31% 30% 12% 21% 43% 39% -29% N/A 15% 10% 19% 22%


Silicon metal
Vacuum furnace

systems for the
DSS Vacuum
production of high
furnaces and other
purity metals
solar furnaces


VAl alloys
Coatings for thin film

Superalloys for the Ti
applications
industry

Ferrovanadium

Ferro nickel -
molybdenum

Vacuum sintering
furnace systems

Engineering for
processing of
weapons grade
nuclear fuel
plutonium into MOX
Chromium metal

Tantalum

Vacuum sintering
furnace systems

Antimony trioxide

Natural graphite

Al master alloys

solar furnaces for
Producer of leading
the production of
solar silicon ingots

Petrol prices drive
metals to improve
fuel economy
growth in specialty
Secondary raw
material source
business model
cost feedstock
enables unique low
technologies
portfolio and
expertise
Expanding nuclear
metals based
businesses
Portfolio of diverse

A focus on global clean energy technologies and industries

Solar

Thin film solar sputtering process

  • Market continues to struggle
  • Oversupply still evident in the value chain
  • Production moving to Asia
  • Order intake for solar ingot furnaces remains subdued
  • Long term prospects for solar remain positive
  • Thin film market bottoming, 2010 should improve

■ Operations

  • Formed AMG Conversion Limited
  • Retooling Berlin facility to produce non-solar furnaces

Fuel Efficiency

Typical aerospace jet engine
e.g. Ti-64 Ti-6246 Ti-834 Ni-based
Superalloys
Operating

[ C]

  • Market demand moderating
  • Market adversely impacted by Boeing 787 and 747-8 delays
  • Significant inventory overhang in value chain
  • Prices have rebounded slightly from Q2 lows; demand still lagging
  • Operations
  • Reducing headcount at titanium master alloy production facility to match demand
  • Working capital reductions ongoing to improve cash flow

Fuel Efficiency – Market Trends

Titanium Sponge Production by Country

  • China production has surpassed other countries and will continue to lead in sponge
  • Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan have become major producers of titanium sponge

Titanium Metal Demand by Segment

  • Despite recent market turmoil, titanium metal will continue to grow substantially for the next 20 years
  • Aviation will be the key market going forward

Recycling

North American steel capacity utilization

■ Market demand moderating

  • AMG shut down operations during Q3 2009 – 6 weeks
  • North American steel capacity utilization approaching 60% in Q3 "09 ■ FeV pricing reached \$13/lb; currently at \$11.25/lb
  • Long term trends still positive
  • Infrastructure growth from emerging markets will drive demand

Recycling - Pricing

Nuclear

  • Market development ongoing
  • U.S. DOE engineering project on schedule
  • Impermeable graphite glass matrix (IGM) achieved development milestone
  • Business development projects are long term
  • New business opportunities in Russia and U.S.

■ Operations

  • Engineering team has expanded to 20 engineers
  • AMG working with partners to expand product offering

Financial Review

Financial Highlights

  • Q3 Revenue: \$205.4 million
  • YTD 2009 revenue: \$636.1 million
  • Q3 EBITDA: \$18.6 million
  • YTD 2009 EBITDA: \$56.7 million
  • Balance Sheet highlights at September 30, 2009
  • Cash: \$124.4 million
  • Debt: \$202.3 million
  • Net debt: \$77.9 million
  • Total liquidity: \$222.4 million

Advanced Materials - Market, Products and Customers

Fuel Efficiency Recycling -
FeV
Other
Products Specialty alloys for titanium
Ferro-vanadium
Chromium Metals
Coatings for wear
Ferro-nickel molybdenum
Tantalum
resistance Antimony
Aluminium master alloys
Competitors Reading Alloys Inc.
Highveld Steel & Vanadium
KBM Affilips B.V.
Strategic Minerals
Gulf Chemical &
KB Alloys, Inc.
Corporation Metallurgical Corporation Delachaux S.A.
Strategic Minerals

Corporation
Campine S.A.
Xstrata plc
Chemtura Corporation
Sample Customers Chengde Vanadium &

Titanium Stock Co. Ltd.

Advanced Materials

  • Recycling ferrovanadium
  • Reference prices declined 62% v. Q3 "08
  • Volumes declined 43% v. Q3 "08
  • Demand remained soft due to lower structural steel production levels
  • Fuel Efficiency master alloys volumes declined 77% compared to Q3 2008
  • SG&A expense reduction of 21% from September 30, 2008
  • CAPEX limited to maintenance activities

Engineering Systems - Market, Products and Customers

Solar Fuel Efficiency Nuclear
Solar silicon melting and

crystallisation systems
Vacuum Melting and Re

melting Systems
Vacuum Sintering

Systems
Precision Casting and

Coating Systems
Heat Treatment with high

pressure gas quenching
2001 –
Secured furnace

exclusivity with REC
2008 –
Market Share leader

in Ti remelting in China, the
July 2008 –
Secured first

nuclear engineering contract
2005 –
Introduced single
with DOE, through Shaw
Areva
2008 –
>\$200mm in

revenue, 2nd
largest
market participant
turbine blade coating Portfolio of problem solving

technologies under
development
(DSS furnaces)
crucible furnaces
fastest growing Ti market
2008 –
80% market share in

AMG ADVANCED METALLURGICAL GROUP N.V. 19

Engineering Systems

  • Revenue: \$61.6 million, 54% decrease YoY
  • Solar silicon DSS furnace revenues decreased 66% in Q3 "09 v. Q3 "08
  • EBITDA: \$11 million
  • Backlog declined from \$332 million at December 31 2008 to \$204 million at September 30, 2009
  • Order backlog is now primarily comprised of furnaces for fuel efficiency end market
  • 2010 EBITDA is expected to be lower than 2009 due to the decline in backlog

Graphit Kropfmühl

  • Revenue: \$33.7 million; 8% decrease YoY
  • 30% reduction in natural graphite in revenue; stable silicon metal revenue
  • EBITDA: \$2.6 million
  • Improved from Q2 "09 due to cost containment measures and increased revenue
  • CAPEX only for maintenance activities
  • Silicon metal prices have rebounded slightly from Q2 "09. Market demand is improving

Capital Base

Highlights – September 30 2009

  • Cash: \$124.4 million
  • Total debt: \$202.3 million
  • Net debt: \$77.9 million
  • Revolver availability: \$98 million
  • Total liquidity \$222.4 million

Note: Cash includes short term investments

Outlook

■ Advanced Materials

  • Prices have rebounded slightly from historic lows; remain well below normal market levels
  • Return to historical levels will take some time

■ Engineering Systems

  • Order intake continues to be sluggish
  • Lower order backlog entering Q4 2009 will result in lower 2010 revenues and EBITDA

■ Graphit Kropfmühl

  • H2 2009 silicon metal and graphite demand improving over H1 2009
  • Timminco
  • AMG owns 44.5% of Timminco; Timminco remains a strategic asset of AMG

Appendix

Consolidated Balance Sheet

\$ in thousands December 31, 2008 September 30, 2009
Fixed Assets 206,596 220,308
Goodwill and Intangibles 28,557 27,877
Other non-current assets 103,564 106,403
Inventories 240,426 197,886
Receivables 145,534 149,277
Other current assets 56,527 41,114
Cash 139,786 124,391
TOTAL ASSETS 920,990 867,256
TOTAL EQUITY 269,488 259,158
Long-term Debt 138,830 165,367
Pension Liabilities 84,931 91,004
Other long-term liabilities 69,919 73,522
Current Debt 44,522 36,965
Accounts Payable 113,742 80,556
Advance Payments 94,049 47,945
Accruals 48,369 45,492
Other current liabilities 57,140 67,247
TOTAL LIABILITIES 651,502 608,098
920,990 867,256

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

NOTE: Balance sheet at 12/31/2008 has been restated for comparative purposes. To reflect the IFRS equity accounting treatment for AMG"s investment in Timminco

Consolidated Income Statement

\$ in thousands Q3 2008 Q3 2009
Total Revenue 370,982 205,406
Cost of Goods Sold 288,177 165,457
Gross Margin 82,805 39,949
Selling, General and Admin. 39,069 31,876
Asset impairment and restructuring - 5,302
Environmental 10 4,075
Other Expense (Income) (1,883) (1,194)
Operating Profit 45,609 (110)
Net Finance Costs 5,432 5,465
Equity Accounted Investee Profit 24 (1,285)
Profit before Income taxes 40,201 (6,860)
Tax Provision 11,921 5,694
Profit for the Quarter from continuing operations 28,280 (12,554)
Discontinued
Operations
(12,956) (14,240)
Profit for the Quarter 15,324 (26,794)
Attributable to:
Shareholders of the Company 20,769 (20,302)
Minority Interest (5,445) (6,492)

Consolidated Cash Flows

\$ in thousands Q3 2008 Q3
2009
Cash Flows from Operations 76,038 (6,033)
Capital Expenditures (42,060) (20,755)
Other Investing Activities (116,695) (31,964)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities (158,755) (52,719)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities 73,123 35,415
Net increase (decrease) in cash (9,594) (23,337)
Beginning Cash 172,558 143,473
Effects of exchange rates on cash (8,803) 4,255
Ending Cash 154,162 124,391
Approximate availability under AMG lines of
credit 97,708
Total Liquidity 222,099

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.

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