HAMILTON, ON, Sept. 28 /CNW/ - Stelco Inc. (TSX:STE) announced today that it has scheduled a maintenance outage at its Hamilton Steel blast furnace for a period of 22 days commencing October 23, 2006. The blast furnace will be partially refurbished during the outage, thereby extending its life and improving performance. Delivery performance to customers will not be affected. The Company also announced a six-day maintenance outage in fourth quarter at its Lake Erie hot mill. About Stelco Stelco is one of Canada's largest publicly traded steel companies. It is focused on its two Ontario-based integrated steel businesses located in Hamilton and in Nanticoke. These operations produce high quality value-added hot rolled, cold rolled, coated sheet and bar products. To learn more about Stelco and its businesses, please refer to our Web site at www.stelco.com. %SEDAR: 00001549E