MECHEL REPORTS COMPANY MANAGEMENT’S OFFICIAL MEETINGS WITH ROMANIA’S PRESIDENT
AND PRIME MINISTER

Moscow, Russia — June 8, 2011 –  Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading
Russian mining and metals companies,  reports two official meetings between
Mechel OAO’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Igor Zyuzin and Romania’s
President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc.
Mechel OAO’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Igor Zyuzin met Romania’s
President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc within the framework of Mr.
Zyuzin’s working visit to Romania on June 7-8, timed to the launch of the
modernized steel-making shop at Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu plant in Romania.
Mechel’s chief was accompanied by representatives of the group’s management and
the Russian Federation’s Ambassador to Romania Alexander Churilin.
During the meetings, Mr. Zyuzin informed Romania’s leaders of Mechel’s
activities in Romania, investment projects recently completed on the group’s
Romanian-based steel plants, and assured Romania’s top officials of Mechel’s
firm intention to continue developing Romania’s steel industry.
Romania’s President Traian Basescu thanked Mechel’s management for investing in
development of Romania’s steelmaking plants during the crisis, noted a
significant increase in production in all of the group’s enterprises in 2010,
and voiced the Romanian leadership’s readiness to support Mechel’s activity in
Romania.
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc gave assurances that Romania’s government will
work to stimulate economic growth and create favorable conditions for strategic
investment.
Mechel acquired its first asset in Romania in August 2002 and is currently one
of the major players on Romania’s steel market. The company owns five
steelmaking plants in Romania, which employ a total of over 7,000 staff.

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Mechel OAO
Ekaterina Videman
Tel: + 7 495 221 88 88
[email protected]

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Mechel is one of the leading Russian companies. Its business includes four
segments: mining, steel, ferroalloy and power. Mechel unites producers of coal,
iron ore concentrate, nickel, steel, ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, rolled products,
hardware, heat and electric power. Mechel products are marketed domestically and
internationally.
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