CHAIRMAN OF MECHEL OAO BOARD OF DIRECTORS ATTENDS REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION

Moscow, Russia — February 27, 2013 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading
Russian mining and metals companies, reports that Chairman of Mechel OAO’s Board
of Directors Igor Zyuzin visited the Republic of Korea and attended the
inauguration ceremony for the Republic of Korea’s President Park Geun-hye.
By invitation of the Republic of Korea’s President Park Geun-hye, Igor Zyuzin
visited the Republic of Korea and attended the presidential inauguration
ceremony. According to the Korean embassy in Russia, this was the first time in
the country’s diplomatic practice that the decision was made to invite as the
president’s personal guests business representatives from key partner countries
which make a significant contribution to the South Korean economy .
As part of the trip, Mr. Zyuzin met with the heads of several of South Korea’s
largest companies — POSCO, Hyundai Steel and STX Business Group — to discuss
further development of long-term ties in steelmaking, mining and logistics. The
sides agreed to continue cooperation on long-term and mutually beneficial basis.

Mechel OAO has already signed strategic partnership agreements with these
companies.
“We are grateful to President Park Geun-hye for her invitation to visit the
Republic of Korea and witness such a significant event for the Korean people as
the inauguration of their first female president. Mechel has high hopes for the
development of the Republic of Korea and all of Asia, which we see clearly
today. In our turn, we too feel the intense interest of major South Korean
companies for Mechel Group’s strategic projects. This may be considered as proof
that our cooperation is mutually profitable,” Mechel OAO’s Chairman of the Board
of Directors Igor Zyuzin noted.
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Mechel OAO
Anton Lapin
Tel: + 7 495 221 88 88
antonlapin@mechel.ru

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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, ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, steel, rolled products,
hardware, heat and electric power. Mechel products are marketed domestically and
internationally.
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