Notifiable Interest

Stanelco PLC
08 December 2006

8 December 2006



                          Stanelco plc ('the Company')



                              Notifiable Interest



The Company was notified by a letter dated 06 December 2006 that Schroder
Investment Management Limited has an interest in 421,948,469 ordinary shares of
0.1p each in the Company.  This represents a total of 14.17 per cent. of the
issued share capital of the Company.



The shares are registered as follows:


Chase Nominees Limited (held in unit trusts operated and managed by        85,324,326
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL))
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                                   164,078,608
JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA                                               1,975,097
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                                         170,570,438

TOTAL                                                                      421,948,469





Enquiries:



Robert Duggan

Company Secretary

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