AK Steel Announces First Quarter 2007 Earnings Date

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AK Steel said today it plans to release first quarter 2007 earnings results at approximately 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 24, 2007.

In conjunction with its earnings release, AK Steel will provide live listening access on the Internet to its analyst conference call to be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 24, 2007. Access to the webcast will be available from the home page of the company’s Web site at http://www.aksteel.com/. The webcast will be archived on the company’s Web site following the call until May 1, 2007 and will be accessible from the home page.

Headquartered in Middletown, Ohio, AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, as well as carbon and stainless tubular steel products, for automotive, appliance, construction and manufacturing markets.

AK Steel Corporation

CONTACT: Media, Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government and PublicRelations, +1-513-425-2826, or Investors, Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., VicePresident, Finance & CFO, +1-513-425-2888, both of AK Steel Corporation

Web site: http://www.aksteel.com/