Moscow, Russia – November 15, 2010 - Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, has participated the 16th International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo’ 2010, which was held at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow on 9-12 November, 2010.

600 organizations from Russia, CIS, Europe, South-Eastern Asia, Middle East and USA – from 30 countries in general, took part in the traditional forum of steelworkers. More than 3 thousand company representatives operated at exhibition. Their show-benches visited about 23 thousand managers and specialists from different spheres of industry. More than 40 conferences, round tables, seminars and presentations were held within its framework.

Andrey Dementev, deputy minister of industry and commerce of Russian Federation, opened the exhibition. After that Andrey Deineko, CEO of Mechel Steel Management Company, turned to the audience with his speech of welcome. He noted that the year that has elapsed since the previous exhibition was very successful for Mechel as its metallurgical enterprises succeeded to reach a pre-crisis production level and some of them even exceeded it.

The integrated corporate booth of Mechel presented the production of the Group’s subsidiaries, including Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant OAO, Izhstal OAO, Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant OAO, Urals Stampings Plant OAO, and Vyartsilya Metal Products Plant ZAO. The representatives of Mechel OAO steel division (Mechel Steel Management Company OOO) as well as representatives of subsidiaries from Mechel Service Global, an international steel trading holding, including Russian Sales Network Mechel Service OOO, served the exposition booth. At least 120 Mechel’s representatives worked at the exhibition.

Exhibition visitors paid particular attention to such products as hardware, rolled and flat steel, forged and stamped products.

The company was awarded a diploma for professional presentation of services and goods and a cup for the best exposition.