Russia: Mechel-koks to be shut down

The Rosprirodnadzor (the Federal service of supervision in environment) has found out that Mechel-koks works in Chelyabinsk has been polluting the air. The service ruled the polluting equipment to be shut down. The service is preparing documents for the court to shut down the works for 90 days. Mechel-koks does not agree with the service…

Russia: Mechel-Service sales up in 2016

In 2016 Mechel-Service, the metal trading company of Mechel, increased sales by 6% YoY. In particular, the company sold 1.9 million tons of metal. The growth was marked in rebars (by 6%), beams (by 24%), strips (by 31%), metal wares (by 5%), stainless steel (by 8%) and shaped sections (by 6%). Pipe sales showed the…

Russia: Mechel sells 20 million tons of metal

Mechel-Service has sold 20 million tons of metal since it has been created. Mechel-Service was founded in 2005 in Chelyabinsk, where its main supplier – Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works – is situated. Now the company offices are present in all the federal districts of Russia, with 57 warehouses in 42 cities. Having started with…

Russia: VTB position on Mechel debt irrational

Russia’s second lender VTB’s position that the debt of metals producer Mechel should be unified is not really rational, a member of the company’s board of directors Alexander Shokhin reported. Mechel earlier agreed to restructure $5.1 billion out of its $6.2 billion debt, including about $1 billion of debts to VTB. In September, First Deputy…