BY EDGAR
July 25, 2014
Mr. W. John Cash
Branch Chief
Division of Corporate Finance
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549-4631
United States of America
Re: | Mechel OAO (the “Company”) | |||
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013 (the “Form 20-F”) | ||||
Filed May 15, 2014 | ||||
File No. 1-32328 | ||||
Request for extension for filing response to letter dated July 21, 2014 |
Dear Mr. Cash:
We received the Staff’s comment letter dated July 21, 2014 commenting on the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Mechel OAO for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the “Comment Letter”) and requesting a response within 10 business days.
We would like to provide a comprehensive and detailed response to the Comment Letter, and need more time to compile the necessary information within the Mechel Group and prepare our response in a professional and accurate manner. We expect to also involve our auditors in finalizing the response letter. Respectively, you are hereby kindly requested to grant us permission to extend the deadline for filing a response to the Comment Letter until August 21, 2014.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do feel free to contact me directly.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Andrey A. Slivchenko |
Andrey A. Slivchenko |
Chief Financial Officer |
Copies to: Kevin Stertzel
Anne McConnell
Mechel OAO
Krasnoarmeyskaya Ul. 1, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation
Tel: +7-495-221-8888, fax: +7-495-221-8800, e-mail: mechel@mechel.com, www.mechel.com