Mechel

Uralmashzavod will supply an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel's subsidiary Yakutugol for use at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine. The excavator is for overburden removal and is planned to be shipped by the end of 2017.

Mechel commissioned a new Uralmash EKG-18 mining excavator with an 18-cubic-meter bucket at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia, as part of a 1.2 billion ruble investment for two excavators, with the second expected by end of April.

Mechel has commissioned a new high-performance EKG-18 mining excavator from Uralmashzavod at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia, with a second similar excavator planned for late April. Investment in the two excavators was 1.2 billion rubles.

Yakutugol, part of Mechel, purchased two EKG-18 excavators from Ural Machine-Building Works for about 1.2 billion rubles as part of a technical modernization program. The first excavator will be operational in March 2017.

Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works (ChMK), part of Mechel, produced its 140-millionth ton of sinter at sintering factory No. 2. The factory, commissioned in 2005 with a $150 million investment, produces about 5 million tons of sinter per year.