MOSCOW, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one ofthe leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces two appointments toexecutive positions in its subsidiaries.
Alexander Starodubov (62) was appointed Managing Director of MecheltransOOO.
Previously, Mr. Starodubov was Chairman of the Board of Directors ofMecheltrans OOO since June 2007. He was General Director of Uglemettrans OOOand after it changed its name to Mecheltrans OOO from May 2002 to June 2007and he was Deputy General Director of Uglemet-M OOO from October 1999 to May2002. From June 1987 to October 1999, Mr. Starodubov was Deputy Director forBusiness Affairs, Head of Mining Operations, Commercial Director ofDzerzhinsky Mine, and Director of the Mine's Moscow Representation Office atProkopyevskugol Coal Mining Production Association. Mr. Starodubov graduatedfrom the Siberian Metallurgical Institute with an Engineering degree inTechnology and Complex Mechanization of Mineral Deposit Underground Mining.
Victor Abarin (50) was appointed Managing Director of Urals StampingsPlant OAO, succeeding Mr. Ramil Zakirov.
Prior to his appointment as Managing Director of Urals Stampings PlantOAO, Mr. Abarin held various positions at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant OAOfrom June 1980 to October 2005, his last position there being Director forProduction - Head of Production Division. From November 2005 to April 2008,Mr. Abarin was General Director of Minplita Plant ZAO. He graduated from theChelyabinsk State Technical University with an Engineering degree in ElectricPower Supply of Industrial Enterprises, Towns, and Agriculture. In 2005, Mr.Abarin won the All-Russian Contest 'Engineer of the Year - 2005' in thenomination of 'Ferrous Metallurgy,' and he holds the title of ProfessionalEngineer of Russia. In 2004, he was awarded the title of HonorableMetallurgist.
'Mr. Starodubov and Mr. Abarin are fully qualified and experiencedspecialists, terrific professionals in their jobs, and have been fully devotedto several years of work at Mechel's subsidiaries,' Mechel Management OOOChief Executive Officer Vladimir Polin said.
Mr. Polin continued, 'Alexander Starodubov has worked very hard to reachthe position of managing director. Today, Mecheltrans OOO is developing newlogistic schemes that are being established while improving the existing ones,range of cargoes are being extended and their volumes are being built up. Thegeographical flow of the cargo also has been extended significantly lately.
