exv8w1

Exhibit 8.1


			Date control
			acquired/ date of	Interest in voting stock held by
Name of subsidiary	Registered in	Core business	*incorporation ()**	the Group at December 31,
				2010			2009			2008
Mechel International Holdings GmbH (MIH)¹	Switzerland	Holding and trading	July 1, 1995		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Mechel Metal Supply Limited (MMS)	Liechtenstein	Trading	Oct 30, 2000		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Mechel Trading House (MTH)	Russia	Trading	June 23, 1997		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Southern Kuzbass Coal Company (SKCC), including its most significant subsidiaries:	Russia	Coal mining	Jan 21, 1999		96.6	%		95.9	%		95.4	%
Tomusinsk Open Pit Mine (TOPM)	Russia	Coal mining	Jan 21, 1999		74.5	%		74.5	%		74.5	%
Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (CMP)	Russia	Steel products	Dec 27, 2001		94.2	%		94.2	%		94.2	%
Southern Urals Nickel Plant (SUNP)	Russia	Nickel	Dec 27, 2001		84.1	%		84.1	%		84.1	%
Vyartsilya Metal Products Plant (VMPP)	Russia	Steel products	May 24, 2002		93.3	%		93.3	%		93.3	%
Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant (BMP)	Russia	Steel products	June 14, 2002		91.4	%		91.4	%		90.4	%
Mechel Targoviste S.A.	Romania	Steel products	Aug 28, 2002		86.6	%		86.6	%		86.6	%
Urals Stampings Plant (USP)	Russia	Steel products	April 24, 2003		93.8	%		93.8	%		93.8	%
Korshunov Mining Plant (KMP)	Russia	Iron ore mining	Oct 16, 2003		85.6	%		85.6	%		85.6	%
Mechel Campia Turzii S.A.	Romania	Steel products	June 20, 2003		86.6	%		86.6	%		86.6	%
Mechel Nemunas (MN)	Lithuania	Steel products	Oct 15, 2003		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Mechel Energo	Russia	Power trading	Feb 3, 2004		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Port Posiet	Russia	Transportation	Feb 11, 2004		97.1	%		97.1	%		97.1	%
Kaslinsky Architectural Art Casting Plant	Russia	Steel products	April 14, 2004		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Izhstal	Russia	Steel products	May 14, 2004		88.4	%		88.4	%		88.2	%
Port Kambarka	Russia	Transportation	April 27, 2005		90.4	%		90.4	%		90.4	%
Mechel Service**	Russia	Trading	May 5, 2005		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Mechel Trading AG.	Switzerland	Trading	Dec 20, 2005		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Metals Recycling	Russia	Scrap collecting	March 14, 2006		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Moscow Coke and Gas Plant (Moskoks)	Russia	Coke production	Oct 4, 2006		99.5	%		99.5	%		99.5	%
Southern Kuzbass Power Plant (SKPP)	Russia	Power generation	April 19, 2007		98.3	%		98.3	%		98.3	%
Mechel Finance	Russia	Corporate finance	June 6, 2007		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Kuzbass Power Sales Company (KPSC)	Russia	Power sales	June 30, 2007		72.1	%		72.1	%		72.1	%
Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant (BFP)	Russia	Ferroalloy production	Aug 6, 2007		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Yakutugol	Russia	Coal mining	Oct 19, 2007		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Mechel-Carbon	Switzerland	Trading	April 2, 2008		99.2	%		90.0	%		—
Ductil Steel S.A. (Ductil Steel)	Romania	Steel products	April 8, 2008		100.0	%		100.0	%		—
Oriel Resources Limited (Oriel Resources)	Great Britain	Chrome and nickel	Apr 17, 2008		100.0	%		100.0	%		—
Mechel-Mining OAO	Russia	Holding	April 18, 2008		98.69	%		98.69	%
HBL Holding GmbH (HBL)	Germany	Trading	Sept 26, 2008		100.0	%		100.0	%		—
Bluestone companies	USA	Coal mining	May 7, 2009		100.0	%		100.0	%		—
Laminorul S.A.	Romania	Steel products	Feb 25, 2010		90.9	%		—			—
Ramateks	Turkey	Trading	June 18, 2010		100.0	%		—			—
Toplofikatsia Rousse (TPP Rousse)	Bulgaria	Power generation	Dec 9, 2010		100.0	%		—			—


*		Date, when a control interest was acquired or a new company established by either the Group or Controlling Shareholders.

**		On March 10, 2009, a new subsidiary of Mechel OAO, Mechel Service Global B.V., was incorporated.

¹		Formerly — Mechel Trading AG (MT). Renamed on December 20, 2005.