Exhibit 4.18

Deed of Amendment

Date	21 September 2011
Parties	Sims Metal Management Limited
	ACN 114 838 630 of Sir Joseph Banks Corporate Park, Suite 3, Level 2 32-34 Lord Street Botany NSW 2019 (Sims) and each other Transaction Party under the Common Terms Deed (defined below)
	Bank of America, N.A.
	of 800 5th Avenue — FL 36, Seattle, WA 98104, United States of America
	Commonwealth Bank of Australia
	ABN 48 123 123 124 of Level 21, Darling Park Tower 1, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
	HSBC Bank Australia Limited
	ABN 48 006 434 162 of Level 31, 580 George Street Sydney New South Wales 2000, Australia
	HSBC Bank plc
	of City Corporate Banking Centre, 60 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4TR
	HSBC Bank USA, National Association
	of 452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10018 USA
	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
	ABN 65 117 925 970 of Level 10, 1 Queens Road, Central Hong Kong
	National Australia Bank Limited
	ABN 12 004 044 937 of Level 18, 255 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
	Westpac Banking Corporation
	ABN 33 007 457 141 of Level 3, 275 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
	(each of the foregoing banks and financial institutions is a Lender and together the Lenders)

Recitals

A	The parties have entered into the Common Terms Deed dated 23 June 2011 (Common Terms Deed) between Sims, each party listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of that deed as Original Borrowers, each party listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of that deed as Original Guarantors and the persons listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of that deed as Original Lenders.
B	The parties have agreed to amend the Common Terms Deed as set out in this Deed.

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Operative provisions

1.	Definitions and Interpretation
1.1	Capitalised terms used in this Deed have the same meaning as in the Common Terms Deed, unless otherwise defined in this Deed.
1.2	Clause 1.3 of the Common Terms Deed applies to this Deed as if set out in full in this Deed and all references to this deed were references to this Deed.
2.	Amendment
2.1	The parties to this Deed agree that the Common Terms Deed is amended, with effect from the date of this Deed, as follows:
	The definition of EBITDA in clause 1.2 of the Common Terms Deed is deleted and replaced with the following:

EBITDA	for a relevant period and in respect of the Sims Group, the profit on ordinary activities before:
	1   taxation;
	2    Net Interest Expense;
	3    amortisation of Intangible Assets and depreciation of Tangible Assets of the Sims Group;
	4    LTI Expense; and
	5    any impairment charge or loss (or gain or reversal) relating to the recoverable amount of assets (including any impairment charge relating to goodwill or identified Intangible Assets),
	as shown on a consolidated basis and as disclosed in the Sims Group’s most recent audited consolidated annual Financial Reports or semi-annual audited or unaudited consolidated Financial Reports, as applicable.
	For the purposes of calculating EBITDA, the calculation will be adjusted to exclude:
	1    any significant non-cash items or items disclosed as required by AASB 101.97 and AASB 101.98 due to their size or nature or by the corresponding provisions of future revisions of this accounting standard, that are of a non-recurring nature including but not limited to:
	•   losses or gains on the sale or revaluation of assets,
	•   costs relating to restructuring and redundancy,
	•   discontinued operations,
	•   discounts on acquisition and gains on formation of joint ventures,
	•   post acquisition adjustments to contingent liabilities recorded on the date of a business acquisition pursuant to purchase accounting rule changes to be introduced on 1 July 2009, and
	•   costs associated with becoming Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliant (as required following the Sims Group’s registration as an issuer in the United States of America);

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2    significant unrealized gains or losses;

3    any other significant non-cash items or items including but not limited to:

   

•    write downs of inventory to net realisable value; and

   

•   forgone profit arising from sales contract negotiations,

that are of a non-recurring nature.

The foregoing adjustments to EBITDA in paragraphs (1) to (3) for each Calculation Period will be agreed by the Lender and Sims in writing prior to the end of that Calculation Period, subject to the operation of clause 17.3.

Except for the purpose of calculating the ratio of Net Interest Expense to EBITDA under clause 4.17(a)(2), EBITDA as calculated on any Calculation Date will be adjusted to take into account the effects of any acquisitions or disposals of any company or business made during the Calculation Period ending on that Calculation Date. The adjustments will be made on the basis of the historical EBITDA of the company or business acquired or disposed of in the Calculation Period and ending on that Calculation Date by reference to historical EBITDA for the twelve months immediately preceding the Calculation Date and by reference to:

1    in the case of a disposal, the period of time during which the applicable company or business was part of the Sims Group; or

2    in the case of an acquisition, for that period being the twelve months immediately preceding the Calculation Date.

3.	References to Common Terms Deed
3.1	Every reference in the Transaction Documents to the Common Terms Deed is to be construed as a reference to the Common Terms Deed as amended by this Deed. Any reference to this deed, in this deed, of this deed, this agreement or words to the same effect in the Common Terms Deed will be construed as a reference to the Common Terms Deed as amended by this Deed.
4.	Confirmation
4.1	Subject to the provisions of this Deed, the Common Terms Deed is confirmed and remains in full force and effect. This Deed and the Common Terms Deed will be read and construed as one document.
5.	General Provisions
5.1	This Deed is a Transaction Document in respect of each Lender for the purposes of the Common Terms Deed.
5.2	This Deed is governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each Transaction Party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
5.3	This Deed may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission), each of which will be deemed an original.
5.4	Each of the attorneys executing this Deed states that the attorney has no notice of the revocation of the power of attorney appointing that attorney.

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Executed as a deed.

	Sims
	Executed by
	Sims Metal Management Limited for itself and as attorney for each other Transaction Party pursuant to clause 15.2 of the Common Terms Deed
	in accordance with section 127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by a director and secretary/director:
sign here ►	/s/ Frank Moratti
	Company Secretary/Director
print name	Frank Moratti
sign here ►	/s/ Daniel W. Dienst
	Director
print name	Daniel W. Dienst

	Lender
	Executed by
	Bank of America, N.A.
	by its duly Authorised Officer in the presence of:
sign here ►	/s/ Timothy G. Holsapple
	Authorised Officer
print name	Timothy G. Holsapple
print title	Senior Vice President
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Heidi E. Green
	Witness
print name	Heidi E. Green

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	Commonwealth Bank of Australia
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Katherine Morrison
	Attorney
print name	Katherine Morrison
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Annette Tomosci
	Witness
print name	Annette Tomosci

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	HSBC Bank Australia Limited
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Bridget Ann Powell
	Attorney
print name	Bridget Ann Powell
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Elin Schwarzenecker
	Witness
print name	Elin Schwarzenecker

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	HSBC Bank plc
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Michael Hodges
	Attorney
print name	Michael Hodges
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ S.R. Adcock
	Witness
print name	S.R. Adcock

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	HSBC Bank USA, National Association
	by its authorised signatory
sign here ►	/s/ Randolph Cates, VP Senior Relationship Mgr
	Authorised signatory
print name	Randolph Cates
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Khalid Alkadi
	Witness
print name	Khalid Alkadi, AVP Relationship Mgr

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Albert Chan Leung Choi
	Attorney
print name	Albert Chan Leung Choi
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Jaron Campbell
	Witness
print name	Jaron Campbell

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	National Australia Bank Limited
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Steven Russell
	Attorney
print name	Steven Russell
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Cosimino Attillo
	Witness
print name	Cosimino Attillo

	Lender
	Signed sealed and delivered for
	Westpac Banking Corporation
	by its attorney
sign here ►	/s/ Jeroen Nanninga
	Attorney
print name	Jeroen Nanninga
	in the presence of
sign here ►	/s/ Andrew O’Connor
	Witness
print name	Andrew O’Connor