EXHIBIT 99.1

                Written Statement of the Chief Executive Officer
                       Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, I, the
undersigned Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of INTERMET Corporation, which
is the owner of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Ironton Iron,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (the
"Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in the Report
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
of operations of the Company.


/s/ John Doddridge
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John Doddridge
November 13, 2002




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