Exhibit 99.1

                  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
                       Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
      As adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, the undersigned
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of INTERMET Corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (the "Report") fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) 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
May 14, 2003