All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (a) personally served, (b) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) delivered by a reputable overnight courier service with charges prepaid, or (d) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective upon hand delivery or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours), (ii) on the first business day following the date deposited with an overnight courier service with charges prepaid, or (iii) on the fifth business day following the date of mailing pursuant to subpart (b) above, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: General Steel Holdings, Inc., Level 2, Building G, No. 2A Chen Jia Lin, Ba Li Zhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100025 Attn: John Chen, CFO, e-mail: jchen@gshi-steel.com, with a copy by fax only to: Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, Attn: Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq., e-mail: mnussbaum@loeb.com, and (ii) if to the Creditor, to the address and fax numbers indicated on the signature page hereto.