Mechel Sells British Plant Invicta Merchant Bar
07/22/2013 - Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals company, has sold 100% of its shares of British-based steel plant Invicta Merchant Bar and its debt to privately-owned Helium Miracle 127 LLP for 1.1 million pounds sterling.
Invicta Merchant Bar is a steel plant producing round, square and strip long rolls of various steels, located on Britain's south-east coast. It has been part of the Mechel Group since 2011. At the time of its stoppage in January 2013, it employed 78 people.
"Invicta Merchant Bar's sale was made in line with our strategy of divesting assets that are not part of the Group's priority development areas. Considering the lingering crisis in Europe's steel industry, the Group's assets that are located in this region are of no added value to Mechel's shareholders, and their sale is due to improve our operational cash flow and help the company's deleveraging," Mechel OAO's chief executive officer Evgeny Mikhel noted.
Mechel is an international mining and steel company which employs over 80,000 people. Its products are marketed in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa. Mechel unites producers of coal, iron ore concentrate, steel, rolled products, ferroalloys, heat and electric power. All of its enterprises work in a single production chain, from raw materials to high value-added products.
