6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUERS PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November, 2011

Commission File Number 001-33983

Sims Metal Management Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

110 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700
New York, NY 10011
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o No þ

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):                     

This report contains the following:

Exhibit No.
	99.1	Press release titled “Nyrstar and Sims Metal Management reach conditional agreement to sell Australian Refined Alloys’ secondary lead producing facility in Sydney, Australia”, dated November 15, 2011.
	99.2	Appendix 3B — New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement dated November 15, 2011.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

November 16, 2011	SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
	/s/ Frank M. Moratti
	Frank M. Moratti
	Group Company Secretary and General Counsel

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

News Release

Nyrstar and Sims Metal Management reach
conditional agreement to sell
Australian Refined Alloys’ secondary lead producing facility in Sydney, Australia

15 November 2011

Nyrstar NV (Nyrstar) and Sims Metal Management Limited (ASX: SGM) (SimsMM) today announced that they had reached a conditional agreement to sell their respective interests in the secondary lead producing facility in Sydney, Australia of Australian Refined Alloys (ARA) to companies associated with Renewed Metal Technologies for a total sale price of approximately A$80 million, subject to a customary working capital adjustment at completion.

Completion of the sale is subject to the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). Subject to the parties receiving the requisite regulatory approvals, completion of the sale is expected to occur during early 2012.

Following the sale, Nyrstar and SimsMM will retain ARA’s secondary lead producing facility in Melbourne, Australia which will continue to be operated as a 50/50 joint venture.

About Australian Refined Alloys

ARA is a secondary lead producing 50/50 joint venture between Nyrstar and SimsMM. ARA has two facilities, one of which is located in Alexandria (Sydney, Australia) and the other in Laverton North (Melbourne, Australia). Total lead production in 2010 was approximately 37,900 tonnes (Sydney 20,700 tonnes and Melbourne 17,200 tonnes).

About Renewed Metal Technologies

Renewed Metals Technologies (RMT) is a privately held company that specialises in the recovery of renewable resources. RMT owns and operates a secondary lead producing facility in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. For more information, visit www.rmt.au.com

About Nyrstar

Nyrstar is an integrated mining and metals business, with market leading positions in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals; essential resources that are fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our changing world. Nyrstar has mining, smelting, and other operations located in Europe, Australia, China, Canada, the United States and Latin America and employs over 6,600 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR. For further information please visit the Nyrstar website, www.nyrstar.com

About Sims Metal Management

Sims Metal Management (www.simsmm.com) is the world’s largest listed metal recycler with approximately 260 facilities and 6,500 employees globally. Sims’ core businesses are metal recycling and recycling solutions. Sims Metal Management generated approximately 85 percent of its revenue from operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, New Zealand and Asia in Fiscal 2011. The Company’s ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SGM) and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SMS).

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements about Sims Metal Management’s financial condition, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project” and other similar words and expressions.

These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Our ability to predict results or the actual effects of our plans and strategies is subject to inherent uncertainty. Factors that may cause actual results or earnings to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include those discussed and identified in filings we make with the Australian Securities Exchange and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F, which we filed with the SEC on 14 October 2011.

Because these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date of this release.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the matters addressed in this release and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this release. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

All references to currencies, unless otherwise stated, reflect measures in Australian dollars.

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

ABN

69 114 838 630

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 — All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 ⁺Class of ⁺securities issued or to be issue

(1) Ordinary shares

(2) Performance rights and restricted stock units [SGMAI]

(3) Options [SGMAK]

2 Number of ⁺securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

(1) 2,474

(2) (2,474)

(3) (5,456)

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

3 Principal terms of the ⁺securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid ⁺securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if ⁺convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

(1) Fully paid ordinary shares

(2) — (3) N/A

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4	Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted +securities?
	If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

(1) Yes

(2) — (3) N/A

5 Issue price or consideration

(1) Nil

(2) — (3) N/A

6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

(1) — (2) Vesting of performance rights and restricted stock units under the Sims Metal Management Long Term Incentive Plan (‘Sims LTIP’).

(3) Forfeiture and subsequent cancellation of options issued under the Sims LTIP.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

7 Dates of entering ⁺securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

(1) — (2) 12 November 2011

(3) 1 November 2011

8 Number and ⁺class of all ⁺securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

Number	+Class
207,819,928	Fully paid ordinary shares

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and ⁺class of all ⁺securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

Number		+Class
	2,421,292	performance rights and restricted stock units [SGMAI] (this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the performance rights and restricted stock units assuming that the performance hurdles are met under the SimsMM Plan or the former Sims Metal Management Long Term Incentive Plan or individual contracts.
	615,000	options [SGMAK] (issued to certain executives that were formerly executives of Metal Management Inc (“MMI”) under the former MMI 2002 Incentive Plan and that are outstanding under the Sims Metal Management Limited Transition Incentive Stock Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options.
	45,145	options exp 24/11/ 2015 [SGMAK] (issued to executive directors pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options).
	322,949	options exp 2/04/2016 [SGMAK] (issued to certain executives pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options).
	895,330	options exp 17/06/2016 [SGMAK] (issued to certain executives pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options).
	7,121	options exp 22/10/2016 [SGMAK] (issued to executive pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options)

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

Number		+Class
	408,146	options exp 23/11/ 2016 [SGMAK] (issued to certain executives, including the executive director, pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options).
	525,282	options exp 17/12/ 2016 [SGMAK] (issued to certain executives, including the executive director, pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options).
	203,908	options exp 22/11/ 2017 [SGMAK] (issued to executive pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ADSs which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options)
	820,431	options exp 30/11/2017 [SGMAK] (issued to executives pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ordinary shares and ADSs, collectively, which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options)
	16,499	options exp 17/12/2017 [SGMAK] (issued to executive pursuant to the SimsMM Plan — this is the maximum number of ADSs which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options)

⁺ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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10	Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)
	No change

Part 2 — Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11	Is security holder approval required?
	N/A
12	Is the issue renounceable or non-renounceable?
	N/A
13	Ratio in which the +securities will be offered
	N/A
14	+Class of +securities to which the offer relates
	N/A
15	+Record date to determine entitlements
	N/A
16	Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements?
	N/A
17	Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions
	N/A
18	Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7.
	N/A

19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations

N/A

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

20	Names of any underwriters
	N/A
21	Amount of any underwriting fee or commission
	N/A
22	Names of any brokers to the issue
	N/A
23	Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue
	N/A
24	Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders
	N/A
25	If the issue is contingent on +security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting
	N/A
26	Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled
	N/A
27	If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders
	N/A
28	Date rights trading will begin (if applicable)
	N/A
29	Date rights trading will end (if applicable)
	N/A
30	How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker?
	N/A
31	How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance?
	N/A

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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32	How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?
	N/A
33	+Despatch date N/A

Part 3 — Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities
(tick one)

(a)	þ	Securities described in Part 1
(b)	o	All other securities
		Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

35	o	If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional +securities, and the number and percentage of additional +securities held by those holders
36	o	If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories

1 – 1,000
1,001 – 5,000
5,001 – 10,000
10,001 – 100,000
100,001 and over

37 o A copy of any trust deed for the additional ⁺securities

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38	Number of securities for which +quotation is sought
	N/A
39	Class of +securities for which quotation is sought
	N/A
40	Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted +securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

•	the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment
N/A

41	Reason for request for quotation now
	Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security)
	N/A
42	Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 38)

Number	+Class
N/A	N/A

Quotation agreement

1 ⁺Quotation of our additional ⁺securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the ⁺securities on any conditions it decides.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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2 We warrant the following to ASX.

•	The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.
•	There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted +quotation.
•	An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.
	Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty
•	Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
•	If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.

3	We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.
4	We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here:	/s/ F. Moratti	Date: 15/11/2011
	(Company secretary)
Print name:	Frank Moratti

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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