Russia: Mechel deals with Gazprombank approved

Mechel held a shareholders’ meeting on May 17. The shareholders have approved deals with Gazprombank. Thus they have approved of changes to the suretyship agreement on securing the loan contracts of Yakutugol and Yuzhniy Kuzbass with Gazprombak, as well as pledging 25% +1 share of Mechel-Mining ordinary shares to the bank. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Mechel not taking into account DEMZ assets

Mechel has stopped taking into account the assets of Donetsk Electrometallurgical Works as they have been seized by the militants and lost all their value. “On June 25, 2016 the so-called council of ministers of the terrorist organization Donetsk People’s Republic on the basis of Donetsk Electrometallurgical Works created the state enterprise Yuzovka Iron and…