Anniversary BELAZ 220-ton dump truck handed over to Kuzbass partners News

Under the leadership of a great organizer and specialist, clarifies BELTA who led the team in the late fifties of the last century, not only the design school was born, but also a prototype of the 27-ton BELAZ-540 was made.The current CEO of the auto giant, Sergei Nikiforovich, handing over the keys to the car to Kuzbass partners, said that the team decided to assign the names of personalities to all anniversary heavyweights .BELAZ, he assured, “is responsible for the quality of each mining dump truck, and will especially closely monitor the work of the anniversary truck”, adding that the auto giant passes into the reliable hands of a partner who will ensure its efficient operation. Belarusian equipment on Russian soil.The fact is, the company explained, that mining giants of such carrying capacity are considered the most demanded by customers, thanks to which BELAZ confidently occupies half of the world market in this carrying capacity segment.And the history of dump trucks with a carrying capacity of 200-220 tons, observers remind, began more than a quarter of a century ago, when a prototype and the first pilot batch of machines were been manufactured. Already in 2003, the serial production of a 220-ton machine began, the hundredth 220-ton BELAZ-7530 series rolled off the company’s assembly line two years later, and the thousandth in April 2015.Today, more than 150 dump trucks of a similar series roll off the company’s assembly line every year. More than a thousand similar trucks work in the fields of the Russian Federation. In addition, they have proven themselves in the coal mines of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Serbia, South Africa, India and several other countries.By the way, the agency reports, Vitaly Petrov, transport director of Stroyservis, one of the leaders of coal mining in the Union State, took part in the solemn event dedicated to the 2000th truck tipper. He received a symbolic key to the new car. This model, according to him, is considered the main one in the car fleet. He is confident that this dump truck will also perform “with the best performance, because hard work, soul and professional attitude towards business have been invested in it”.At the beginning of 2023, BELAZ will supply this company with 15 new tipper trucks of an additional 220 tonnes.