Modern Quarrying January-February 2015

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January - February 2015 MODERN QUARRYING 11
ON THE COVER
market share
The BELAZ-75710 boasts some
revolutionary technology
solutions for this type of
equipment. The unit is rated at
4 600 hp (3 430 kW) and utilises
Siemens drive systems.
Unit Rig MT6300AC); Komatsu (with its 960E); and
Liebherr (with its T 282 C).
Now, the company has launched its 450 t giant
hauler, officially acknowledged in the Guinness
Book of World Records, as the biggest haul truck
built on the planet. From August to November last
year, in a trial at a large coal mine in Russia, the
unit’s overall payload was in excess of 1-million t
of material. The machine was utilised in a 24-hour
operation, with BELAZ technicians and engineers
on site to monitor the unit, and to make adjust-
ments where necessary.
“It is important to note that the BELAZ-75710
boasts some revolutionary technology solutions
for this type of equipment,” Venchik says. “This
includes all-steerable wheels, eight tyres and two
engines. Based on the results of the pilot operation,
the factory started building the second machine
due for completion this year, which will include all
necessary improvements and features suggested
by the end-user.”
The BELAZ-75710 is rated at 4 600 hp (3 430 kW)
and utilises Siemens drive systems. The company
also has plans to introduce a full line of articulated
trucks, underground trucks and LHDs, in addition
to developing a 90 t electric drive truck, which will
be a world first. BELAZ is also working on a large
front end loader with a 12 m3 bucket capacity,
which is expected by the end of 2015.
The BELAZ brand has been in South Africa
for over a decade, with a distributorship in which
Venchik was involved, being established in 2002.
The current distributorship, however, dates back
to 2008 when Mynbou Rigs Afrika was founded.
A major landmark occurred in 2011, when Tau
Mining, a mining contractor based in Kathu in the
Northern Cape, put several units into service on a
long-term contract it has with Sishen mine – five
BELAZ-75302 machines with a 220 t payload capac-
ity and two BELAZ-75137s with 136 t capacity.
Venchik confirms that Tau has been impressed
by their performance, ordering a further six Belaz
trucks, mostly the 220 t model. “We believe the
machines have now proved themselves in South
African conditions and we are focusing on signing
up new customers. Indeed, Mynbou Rigs (which
also trades under the BELAZ Afrika name) man-
aged to secure several new lease contracts with
other mining contractors in the Northern Cape,
during the last year, and the total fleet of BELAZ
machines in the area now exceeds 30 units.”
Located in the Republic of Belarus, the BELAZ
factory is one of the oldest and largest manufac-
turers of off-highway haul trucks in the world. The
company’s 65-year old history includes over 50
years of successful experience in the building of
haul trucks for quarries and mines.
“BELAZ dump trucks could soon become a
familiar sight at South Africa’s open-pit mines,”
Venchik says. “We have established a strong foot-
hold with the BELAZ brand and our intention is to
increase our market share and export our footprint
in South Africa and Southern Africa respectively.”
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