SIMS LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2007

Jun 11, 2007

ASX & MEDIA RELEASE (ASX CODE: SGM)

SYDNEY, 12 JUNE 2007

SIMS GROUP APPOINTS TWO NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Sims Group Limited announced that Mr Masakatsu Iwanaga and Mr Christopher Renwick. AM, both nominees of Mitsui & Co., Ltd, have today been appointed as non-executive directors of the Company effective immediately.

Mr Iwanaga joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd in 1963 and worked in various divisions of that company culminating in his appointment, in 1999, as President & Managing Director, Mitsui Iron Ore Development, a position he held until his retirement in 2005. Mr Iwanaga (aged 66) holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts (International Relation), University of Tokyo, and is a Member of the Australia & New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

Mr Renwick, AM was employed with the Rio Tinto group for over 35 years rising, in 1997, to Chief Executive, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. Mr Renwick is Chairman and non-executive director of Coal and Allied Industries Limited and is a non-executive director of Downer EDI Limited and Transurban Limited. He is also Vice President of the Australia-Japan Business Co-operation Committee. Mr Renwick (aged 64) holds Bachelors of Arts & Law, Melbourne University. Whilst nominated by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mr Renwick will serve as an independent non-executive director of the Company.

Sims Group Chairman Paul Mazoudier said the Company was delighted to have secured the appointment of two executives with such broad resources experience with prestigious global organisations. "On behalf of the Board, I welcome them both and look forward to working with them as fellow directors."

Sims Group's core business is metal recycling, with an emerging business in recycling solutions. Headquartered in Australia, Sims earns over 70 per cent of its revenue from international operations in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, New Zealand and Asia. Sims has over 3,500 employees, annual turnover of A$5.0 billion and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX CODE: SGM)