The concentrations of metals (Ba, Cr, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, As, Hg, Pb, Mo, Se and Sb) extractable from cyclone ash, obtained from a municipal district heating plant (6 MW) incinerating forestry and sawmill residues, was studied as a function of pH (1.1 -12.8) at a liquid-to-solid (LyS) ratio of 10 Lykg. The following main fractions were obtained: (1) metals (Ba, Cr, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, As, Hg, Pb and Sb) that were primarily extractable in extreme or strongly acidic conditions; (2) metals (Cr and Zn) that expressed amphoteric behaviour, i.e. they were extractable both in acidic (low pH) and alkaline (high pH) conditions, but were relatively insoluble at neutral pH values; and (3) metals (Mo and Se) which were primarily extractable only in alkaline conditions. The maximum extraction recovery (R) value (%) of the metals, which varied between 1.3 and 93.4%, indicates that most of the metals in cyclone ash are not easily soluble in the conditions normally found in nature.