Moscow, Russia– November 7, 2013 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces 9M2013 operational results.

Production and sales for 9M2013*

Production:

Product Name 9M2013, thousand tonnes 9M2012, thousand tonnes  % 3Q2013, thousand tonnes  2Q2013, thousand tonnes % Run-of-mine coal 20,430 20,794 -1,7 7,028 6,997 0 Pig Iron 2,908 3,107 -6 913 1,023  -11 Steel 3,648 5,101 -28 1,098 1,249  -12

 Sales:

Product Name 9M2013, thousand tonnes  9M2012, thousand tonnes % 3Q2013, thousand tonnes 2Q2013, thousand tonnes % Coking coal concentrate 8,349 9,029 -8 2,615 2,891 -10 Including coking coal concentrate supplied to Mechel enterprises   1,699 1,950 -13 475 611 -22 PCI 2,567 1,703 +51 1,124 626  +79 Anthracites 1,603 1,937 -17 472 589 -20 Including anthracites supplied to Mechel enterprises   99 246 -60 55 41 +34 Steam coal 4,499 4,490 0 1,508 1,441 +5 Including steam coal supplied to Mechel enterprises 1,318 1,120 +18 442 449 -2 Iron ore concentrate 3,083 3,219 -4 1,097 947 +16 Including iron ore concentrate supplied to Mechel enterprises 21.0 268 -92 7.7 7.8 -2 Coke 2,291 2,707 -15 729 765 -5 Including coke supplied to Mechel enterprises 1,523 1,903 -20 473 530 -11 Ferrosilicon 72 57 +26 24 25.1 -5 Including ferrosilicon supplied to Mechel enterprises 25 22 +11 8 8.5 -10 Long products 2,747 3,107 -12 936 970  -3 Including those produced by third parties 891 666 +34 313 345 -9 Flat products 468 534 -12 159 124 +28 Including those produced by third parties 243 303 -20 88 62 +42 Billets 651 1,950 -67 91 205 -56 Including those produced by third parties 242 751 -68 63 92 -32 Hardware 653 737 -11 227 222 +2 Including those produced by third parties 68 39 +73 31 25 +25 Forgings 52 39 +34 16 18 -13 Stampings 76 83 -8 25 26 -5 Electric power generation (thousand kWh) 2,890,768 3,097,211 -7 734,734 961,698 -24 Heat power generation (Gcal) 4,728,075 5,409,167 -13 782,421 1,222,534 -36

*Excluded are the data on chrome sales due to the sale of Voskhod Mining Plant and Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant to Turkey’s Yildirim Group, which was announced on August 1, 2013.
Excluded are the data on nickel sales due to the December 2012 halting of Southern Urals Nickel Plant due to negative trends in the global nickel market and unfavorable prognosis for this market in the foreseeable future.

Mechel OAO's Chief Executive Officer Evgeny Mikhel commented on the company's 9M2013 operational results:

“Coal production volumes on our chief mining enterprises remained on the same level quarter-on-quarter. The 10% decrease in the coking coal sales quarter-on-quarter was due to weaker domestic demand, which was partly compensated by increased export volumes. Sales were also affected by the shipping delays to Asia due to Far Eastern floods. Mechel Bluestone retained coking coal sales on the second-quarter level.

“In accordance with our long-term strategy, Mechel continues to expand into new markets for metallurgical coals. Over this year’s first nine months the company managed to increase its PCI sales by 51% compared to the same period last year due to increased supplies to Asia Pacific, Britain and Belgium. Anthracite sales in the third quarter went down as our European customers partly replaced anthracites for PCI.

“Iron ore product sales in the third quarter went up by 26% due to increased demand in China and a simultaneous increase in domestic sales.

“Steel sales volumes decreased over these nine months as compared to the same period last year due to our disposal of Romanian steelmaking assets and halting of Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant due to unprofitability. The decrease in pig iron and steel production quarter-on-quarter was caused by major repairs to Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant’s blast furnace #1 and converter #3, as well as the decrease in electrical steelmaking due to unfavorable market conditions.

“Demand on the construction steel rolls market, which is key for Mechel, remained stable in the third quarter, which enabled us to keep the long rolls sales stable and high. The increase of flat rolls sales by 28% is due to sales of stores which were part of pre-sale preparation works at several Mechel Service Global facilities. Billet sales went down by 56% in the third quarter as sales of third-party products decreased due to the end of our strategic partnership with Estar Group’s enterprises.

“In April the Uvatsk quartzite deposit began supplying Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant with ore. The launch of a modernized furnace #4 at Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant enabled us to increase production and sales of ferrosilicon by 26% compared to the nine months of 2012.

“The Group’s power division enterprises ensured electricity and heat production in the third quarter as planned. Sales of electricity and heat showed a decrease due to a seasonal slump. The decrease in heat and electricity sales in 9M2013 as compared to the same period last year is due to disposal of several power division assets — primarily Toplofikatsia Rousse EAD.”

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Mechel OAO
Ekaterina Videman
Phone: +7 495 221-88-88
ekaterina.videman@mechel.com