Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced its decision to open two official representative offices in Russia - in Rostov-on-Don in the Southern Federal District and in the city of Blagoveshchensk in the Amur Region.
Accordingly, the new representative office in the Southern Federal District will allow for more efficient management of Mechel group's assets in the region, as well as prompt reaction to the region's needs in its intensive development in view of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, and the 2018 World Cup which will be held partly in the Southern District (the cities of Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi).
Meanwhile, the representative Office in the Amur Region will provide more efficient assistance to the Mechel group's enterprises in constructing and exploiting the Elga Coal Complex, as well as actual data on several major federal projects, such as construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, modernization of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baykal-Amur Railroad's northern latitudinal passage.
The functions of both representative offices will include establishing and maintenance of contacts with government authorities and business community of the Southern Federal District and the Amur Region respectively, representation of Mechel group's interests, strengthening cooperation with Mechel's partners and establishing new relations to ensure expansion of the group's activities.