SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM F-3

MECHEL OAO

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Russian Federation
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Krasnoarmeyskaya Street 1
Moscow 125993
Russian Federation
+7 495 221 8888
(Address and telephone number of
Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19715
+1 302 738 6680
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copy of communications to:

Varun Gupta, Esq. Allen & Overy Legal Services 9 Dmitrovsky pereulok Moscow 107031, Russian Federation +7 495 725 7900		Vladislav V. Zlenko Mechel OAO Krasnoarmeyskaya Street 1 Moscow 125993, Russian Federation +7 495 221 8888

          Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

          If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

          If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. þ

          If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

          If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

          If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ

          If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o

 

 

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, MECHEL OAO, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Moscow, Russian Federation, on this 12th day of April, 2011.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Igor V. Zyuzin		Chairman		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Alexander E. Yevtushenko		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Vladimir A. Polin		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Valentin V. Proskurnya		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Roger I. Gale		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   A. David Johnson		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Serafim Kolpakov		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Igor S. Kozhukhovsky		Director		April 12 , 2011
*/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Vladimir V. Gusev		Director		April 12 , 2011

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Stanislav A. Ploschenko   Stanislav A. Ploschenko		Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)		April 12 , 2011
/s/ Tatiana Kalyadina   Tatiana Kalyadina		Chief Accountant (principal accounting officer)		April 12 , 2011
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi   Puglisi & Associates		Authorized U.S. Representative		April 12 , 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description
1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement(1)
4.1		Charter of Mechel OAO (new version) registered on November 18, 2010(2)
4.2		Amendment to Charter of Mechel OAO registered on January 12, 2011(3)
5.1		Opinion of Liniya Prava, Moscow, Russian Federation(1)
23.1		Consent of Liniya Prava, Moscow, Russian Federation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm(4)
23.3		Consent of Marston & Marston, Inc. (5)
23.4		Consent of Weir International, Inc. (6)
23.5		Consent of AME Mineral Economics (Hong Kong) Limited