OREANDA-NEWS. March 30, 2012. Mechel (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports that smelting production at Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu plant in Romania has resumed, reported the press-centre of Mechel.

Operations at Otelu Rosu’s smelting workshop, which were temporarily halted due a contingency situation following a malfunction in the technological process at the electric arc furnace, resumed on March 24. The workshop resumed operating as normal.

All of the incident’s effects were eliminated as a result of measures implemented at the plant.

Mechel-Steel Management OOO’s Chief Executive Officer Andrey Deineko noted: “Thanks to our eliminating the malfunction’s consequences in the shortest possible time, the halt’s effect on the annual steel production plans can be considered as insignificant.”