Radius Recycling (RDUS) 10-Q 2017 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Corporate Operations of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

April 6, 2017

/s/ Richard D. Peach

Richard D. Peach

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Corporate Operations