FORM 6-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

December 8, 2004

 

Commission File Number: 333-119497

 

MECHEL STEEL GROUP OAO

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya 12
Moscow 123610
Russian Federation

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F ý   Form 40-F o

 

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Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):                         

 

 


 

 

 

MECHEL ANNOUNCES ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE MMK AUCTION

 

 

Moscow, Russia—December 7, 2004

 

Mechel Steel Group (NYSE: MTL) announces that a subdivision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs collected commercial information from its subsidiary, Mechel Trading House on December 6 and 7, 2004.

 

The company is certain that the events are the results of actions designed to prevent the participation of Mechel in the privatization auction of the government’s 23.8% stake in Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, due to be held on December 22, 2004.

 

Mechel has protested the actions against the company, organized by potential bidders for the government’s stake in MMK, and will continue to avail itself of all legal avenues to defend its ability to participate in the auction.

 

The company notes that its conducts its business in accordance with all applicable legal norms.  All of its divisions continue to operate as usual.

 

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Mechel Steel Group OAO

Irina Ostryakova

Director of Communications

Phone: 7-095-258-18-28

Fax: 7-095-258-18-38

irina.ostryakova@mechel.com

 

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Mechel Steel Group is a Russian metals and mining company, uniting producers of steel, rolled products, hardware, coal, iron ore concentrate, and nickel.  Mechel Steel Group products are marketed domestically and internationally.

 

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Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Mechel Steel Group, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. We do not intend to update these statements. We refer you to the documents Mechel Steel Group files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form F-1. These documents contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the section captioned “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in our Form F-1, that could

 

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cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in the Russian economic, political and legal environment, volatility in stock markets or in the price of our shares or ADRs, financial risk management and the impact of general business and global economic conditions.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

MECHEL STEEL GROUP OAO

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Vladimir Iorich

 

 

Name:

Vladimir Iorich

 

Title:

CEO

 

 

 

Date:  December 8, 2004

 

 

 

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