The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ has shipped two mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 130 tonnes (BelAZ 75131) and ten dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 45 tonnes (BelAZ 7447) to the Dashkesan mining and processing factory in Azerbaijan, representatives of the Belarusian Industry Ministry told BelTA.
It is the first shipment of mine dump trucks able to carry over 90 tonnes by an internationally recognized manufacturer to Azerbaijan. The shipment of the mine dump trucks and future cooperation with mining companies of Azerbaijan represent a new step in OAO BelAZ's efforts to diversify markets, said the source.
The Dashkesan mining and processing factory uses iron ore deposits of the Dashkesan mining area where the reserves are estimated at about 450 million tonnes of ore. The deposit is the largest one in Caucasus and is of great economic importance.
The mine dump truck BelAZ 75131 is designed to carry loose mined rock along technological roads in open mining pits in various climatic conditions. Apart from that, the dump truck can used to build major industrial installations and hydraulic engineering installations, can be used by technology divisions of processing industry enterprises. In 2010-2014 OAO BelAZ shipped its trucks to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Mongolia, and China.
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