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Yarde Metals Announces Expansion with Addition of Livonia, Michigan Facility

Contacts: Susan Kozikowski, Director of Marketing (860) 406-6357

STREETSBORO, OH - Yarde Metals, Inc announced its latest expansion with the October opening of a 14,400 sq ft transfer facility located in Livonia, Michigan. "The addition of this facility enables us to offer local daily delivery to the Michigan area and the potential for future growth to the north." stated Jay Gawitt, Director of Mid-West Sales for Yarde Metals. "We're investing in the future."

About Yarde Metals
Yarde Metals, a metals service center, is headquartered in Southington, CT with 17 branch locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West and Southern United States. The company's international division is located in Connecticut. Yarde Metals stocks and offers processing of aluminum, stainless, carbon steel and brass products and is ISO:9001 and AS:9100 certified.

Yarde is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the largest metals service center company in North America. Through a network of more than 200 locations in 38 states and Belgium, Canada, China, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, the Company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of over 100,000 metal products to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s press releases and additional information are available on the Company's web site. The Company was named to the 2010 "Fortune 500" List, the 2009 Forbes "America's Best Managed Companies" List, the 2010 Fortune List of "The World's Most Admired Companies," and the 2009 Forbes "Platinum 400 List of America's Best Big Companies."

This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results and events may differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s control. Risk factors and additional information are included in Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, and September 30, 2010.

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