BelAZ to ship batch of mine dump trucks to Kazakhstan

Two new 220-tonne trucks BelAZ 75306 will be used by enterprises of AO Shubarkol Komir, Kazakhstan's largest coal miner.

BelAZ shipped the first mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 220 tons to Kazakhstan in 2011. Those were the first dump trucks with that much carrying capacity in Kazakhstan. The vehicles earned good reputation and now the shipments will continue.

A BelAZ 75306 mine dump trucks with the 4x2 axle configuration uses an AC/DC electromechanical transmission. These vehicles are used in all kinds of climate: in coal mines of Kuznetsk Basin, in the tropical climate of Australia and Venezuela, in China, and in Europe, Kazinform has learnt from BelTA.

OAO BelAZ is expanding its presence on the Kazakhstan market. At present a joint venture TOO SP KazBelAZ operates in the city of Karaganda to assemble Belarusian mine dump trucks. The joint venture offers mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 30-45 tons and 55 tons. The company was founded in Karaganda last year together with the large Kazakh company Kazakhmys. The project allows BelAZ to penetrate the Kazakh market where competition is tough.

Founded in September 1948, the Zhodino-based mechanical engineering company Belarusian Autoworks (BelAZ trademark) was incorporated into a public joint-stock company in 2010. As of September 2012 OAO BelAZ is the management company of BelAZ Holding. BelAZ offers rock haulers, frontal wheeled loaders and bulldozers, tow trucks, special vehicles for underground operations, heavy-duty trucks for metallurgy industry, and other specialized vehicles. BelAZ accounts for a third of the global market of rock haulers and is a leading global supplier of quarry machines.