MECHEL ANNOUNCES CREATION OF JOINT VENTURE MECHEL SOMANI CARBON PRIVATE LIMITED,
INDIA
Moscow, Russia — September 6, 2011 — Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading
Russian mining and metals companies, announces the creation of Mechel Somani
Carbon Private Limited, India, set up jointly with India’s Somani Group. The
joint venture will handle distribution of metallurgical coals on the Indian
market.
Mechel Carbon AG, subsidiary of Mechel OAO’s mining division Mechel Mining OAO,
and Northern Exim Private Limited, which is part of Somani Group, jointly set up
Mechel Somani Carbon Private Limited, India. Mechel Carbon AG’s share in the
joint venture is 51%.
The project’s distribution area will be located on India’s east coast, 20
kilometers from India’s major port of Vizag, in an industrially developed
region. Within several years, other distribution areas are planned to be
established, which is expected to have a positive impact on the overall sales
volumes.
Mechel OAO’s Vice-President for Commercial Activities Mikhail Urvantsev
commented: “We have been working with Indian consumers of our coals for several
years and consider India to be a promising and strategically important market.
Until now we have been delivering our products only to large-scale consumers. In
setting up this joint venture, we will expand the Indian market for us due to a
large number of consumers desiring to acquire smaller-sized shipments of our
products.”
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Mechel OAO
Ekaterina Videman
Phone: + 7 495 221-88-88
ekaterina.videman@mechel.com
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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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others, the achievement of anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and
synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the
ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of
developments in the Russian economic, political and legal environment,
volatility in stock markets or in the price of our shares or ADRs, financial
risk management and the impact of general business and global economic
conditions.