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RUSSIA:
STEPNOY INCREASES
PRODUCTIVITY
“This is the fi rst phase of the system’s deployment. Thanks to
the rapid installation of the system and successful integration
into our production process, we have been able to get the
dispatching system up and running just two months after the
project launch. We have updated the mine’s existing software
by automating its information transmission processes and
we are now modernising the GSM network, which will enable
us to launch the new optimisation module for an additional
productivity improvement,” says Sergey Sekletsov, head of IT at
the Chernogorsk Branch of Russian Coal.
Up-to-date statistical information on transportation volumes
and downtime, as well as dump truck distances and loads are
now being transmitted to the 1C system installed at the mine.
“The deployment in Stepnoy Pit is a unique project for us.
We’ve managed to integrate our systems very quickly with no
signifi cant additional software optimisation. Phase 2 of the
project will boost productivity even further by increasing the
networks’ throughput capacity,” says Aleksandr Bondarenko,
director of the VIST Group subdivision.
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trucks, up to 8 % reduction of equipment operating costs,
5-10% fuel saving, and an 80% reduction of non-technological
downtime. The system is deployed in over 70 open pits by
now with such companies as Severstal, SUEK, Stoilensky GOK,
Polymetal and others.
Stepnoy Pit produces D grade coal from the Chernogorsk
deposit in the Minusinsk basin. The mine comprises seven
coal seams and uses 130- and 55-tonne BelAZ dump trucks as
process vehicles. The pit has a capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of
coal per year.
The estimated eff ects after the full deployment of VG Karier
are up to 15% increase of productivity of shovels and dump
Productivity at Russian Coal’s Stepnoy pit in Khakassia, Russia,
has increased by over 5% following the installation of VG Karier
dispatching system in the mine’s BelAZ dump trucks.
Russian Coal makes use of BelAZ dump trucks at its Stepnoy pit in Khakassia.
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