Webcast Alert: AK Steel’s Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Webcast

    WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 15 /EMWNews-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel (NYSE:

AKS) announces the following Webcast:






    What:     AK Steel's Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Webcast



    When:     July 22, 2008 @ 11:00 a.m. Eastern



    Where:    http://www.aksteel.com



    How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the

              address above.



    The webcast will be archived on the company's Web site following the

call until July 29, 2008 and will be accessible from the home page. This

webcast is copyrighted by AK Steel. All rights reserved. Any form of

copying, rebroadcast, webcast or other distribution without express written

permission is prohibited.

    About AK Steel



    AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels,

primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power

generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,500 men

and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler,

Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate

headquarters in West Chester, Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel

is available on the company's web site at http://www.aksteel.com.



    AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300

men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana. AK Tube

produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular

steel products for truck, automotive and other markets. Additional

information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at

http://www.aktube.com.