MECHEL ANNOUNCES RECEIVING CERTIFICATE TO MARK MECHEL CAMPIA TURZII PLANT’S
PRODUCTS WITH CE MARKING


Romania, Campia Turzii – March 29, 2010.- Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the
leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces annual product
certification procedure having completed at its Mechel Campia Turzii plant,
which is a part of its East-European Steel Division. The audit inspection
results confirmed the plant’s procedures compliance to the EU requirements. The
plant’s right to mark its products with CE marking has also been confirmed.
At the end of February 2010 audit inspection was carried out at Mechel Campia
Turzii plant in order to check compliance of its products such as welding
electrodes of D-PRINS E51 B, SUDOX E50 FAVORIT and metal fiber manufactured in
accordance with STAS SR EN 14889-1/2007 standard to the European Union main
requirements.
Within the audit process certification body’s specialists in two days provided a
complex inspection of the production process of welding electrodes and metal
fiber. Production process was tracked from the point of raw materials input to
the point of finished products transportation to storage area and the system was
recognized as conformable to the EU standards.
CE marking shows product’s compliance to the European procedure requirements
represented by the EU standards which establish general requirements and
certification rules for particular product groups. CE marking is a security
guarantee for various types of products and is obligatory for all goods coming
to the European market which are subject to the EU requirements.
Audit inspection was implemented by the AEROQ Bucharest certification body which
is authorized by the European Commission to provide certification of products
used in the construction industry.
Metal fiber production for concrete reinforcement started at Mechel Campia
Turzii plant at the end of 2009. Fiber usage helps to significantly reduce costs
of concrete constructions production as well as improve concrete’s structure,
solidity and durability due to more even distribution of metal.
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Mechel OAO
Ekaterina Videman
Tel.: (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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forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial
performance of Mechel, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to caution you that
these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may
differ materially. We do not intend to update these statements. We refer you to
the documents Mechel files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including our Form 20-F. These documents contain and
identify important factors, including those contained in the section captioned
“Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in our
Form 20-F, that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those
contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among
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.