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Birmingham Steel Corporation          Contacts:  Roy Winnick/Roanne Kulakoff
                                                 Kekst and Company
                                                 212-521-4842 or 4837


                ALABAMA COURT DISMISSES UNITED GROUP LAWSUIT
                          AGAINST BIRMINGHAM STEEL


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (November 8, 1999) - An Alabama court today dismissed the
lawsuit recently filed against Birmingham Steel Corporation (NYSE: BIR) by
the United Group, a dissident stockholder group led by the United Company,
John Correnti and James Todd. In an order issued today, the Circuit Court
of Jefferson County, Alabama dismissed the action brought by the United
Group, stating that the complaint had no merit.

Robert A. Garvey, Chairman and Chief Executive of Birmingham Steel, said:
"The Court Order confirms what we said on October 15th when the United
Group filed suit against us, which was that the dissidents' lawsuit was
without merit. In our view, the United Group's lawsuit and its related
legal and public relations manuevers were part of the dissidents'
continuing efforts to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt among our
stockholders in support of its attempt to take control of the Company. We
are pleased that the Court has dismissed the United Group's lawsuit and
thereby removed a potential obstacle to the timely and successful
completion of our strategic restructuring."

On October 15th, in an apparent effort to undermine the Company's strategic
restructuring plan, the United Group filed a complaint against the Company
in Jefferson County Circuit Court requesting that the Court grant a
temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction requiring that
Birmingham Steel provide them with five business days' notice of the terms
and conditions of any transaction the Company might enter into, prior to
the Annual Meeting, that would bind the Company to sell its SBQ division.

Birmingham Steel operates in the mini-mill sector of the steel industry and
conducts operations at facilities located across the United States. The
common stock of Birmingham Steel is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol "BIR."

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