As Kommersant learned, Mechel's energy division lost the right to directly trade electricity and capacity on the wholesale energy market due to debts of 3.36 billion rubles. The decision affects the energy supply of the group's large plants, including metal plants, coal assets and seaports. However, the situation reflects a wider problem of non-payments in Russian industry, whose debt to the wholesale energy market, according to Market Council estimates, has exceeded 9 billion roubles.

As Kommersant learned, Mechel's energy division lost the right to directly trade electricity and capacity on the wholesale energy market due to debts of 3.36 billion rubles. The decision affects the energy supply of the group's large plants, including metal plants, coal assets and seaports. However, the situation reflects a wider problem of non-payments in Russian industry, whose debt to the wholesale energy market, according to Market Council estimates, has exceeded 9 billion roubles.