MECHEL REPORTS IMPLEMENTATION OF LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH BELAZ
SIGNED IN PRESENCE OF RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTS

Moscow, Russia — April 23, 2012 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading
Russian mining and metals companies, reports acquiring 15 BelAZ mining dump
trucks as part of a long-term partnership agreement signed by Mechel OAO and
BelAZ OAO on November 28, 2011, during the session of the Supreme State Council
of the Union State of Russia and Belarus in the presence of heads of state.
The mining dump trucks are acquired on behalf of Yakutugol Holding Company OAO
and Korshunov Mining Plant OAO on lease contracts signed with Sberbank Leasing
ZAO. The sum of those contracts totaled 870 million rubles (29.5 million US
dollars*). The trucks will be delivered to the plants before the end of 2012’s
second quarter.
Yakutugol Holding Company OAO will receive eleven trucks of 220-tonne, 130-tonne
and 55-tonne capacity for transporting overburden and coal, which will be used
at Nerungrinsk Open Pit and Elga Coal Complex.
Korshunov Mining Plant OAO will operate four 130-tonne trucks, which will be
used to transport soil and iron ore at the Korshunovsk mine.
Due to structural improvements, the new trucks have higher cargo turnover and
efficiency than their predecessors.
“BelAZ trucks are widely used at our mining plants and have proven themselves
well. As such, the 10-year agreement with Belarus Autoworks (BelAZ), which
guarantees us supplies of these trucks in the amount we need, is highly
important for us, especially considering the growing production volumes at the
Elga deposit. Systematic efforts for technical re-equipment enable the company
to increase production, cut operational costs, create a significant safety
margin for its production assets, which guarantees uninterrupted and
well-coordinated work of all our mining enterprises,” Mechel Mining OAO’s Chief
Executive Officer Igor Zyuzin noted.
* Based upon the Russian Central Bank exchange rate of 29.52 RUR/$ as of April
21, 2012.
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Mechel OAO
Ekaterina Videman
Tel: + 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, ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, steel, 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,
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risk management and the impact of general business and global economic
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