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the Volvo Group’s operating income when the
transaction is closed. Closing of the transaction
is expected within six months.
“The divestment will impact the Group’s cash
flow and net financial position positively with an
amount of approximately SEK0.9 billion at
closing. NHL, which is listed on the Shanghai
Stock Exchange, produces and sells among other
things rigid haulers to the mining industry. Volvo
Construction Equipment will continue to sell
components for rigid hauler production to NHL
also after the divestment.”
New 290 t offering from BELAZ
The Belarussian automobile engineering
company BELAZ is about to make a new haul
truck for a new carrying capacity class, BELAZ
representatives told Belarussian news agency,
BelTA. BELAZ’s experimental shop has nearly
finished assembling a haul truck BELAZ 75320
with the carrying capacity of 290 t.
“The new vehicle will expand the lineup of
haul trucks with a large carrying capacity, giving
customers more options to choose the vehicles
that match their operational conditions. The new
vehicle is designed to handle heavy loads on its
reliable chassis, which incorporates cast
components at top-tension points. The chassis,
the drive axle, and the front axle boast high
reliability thanks to modern design solutions,
which rely on precise calculations throughout the
entire engineering process.”
“Reliability has also been proven by in-house
trials. The new haul truck uses a 2,125 kW (2,850 hp)
Cummins engine coupled with a new-generation
alternating-current transmission from General Electric
Company to operate with optimal power on uneven
surfaces. The suspension is pneumohydraulic with
an inbuilt hydraulic shock absorber.”
system by reducing the number of moving parts,
which not only improves the reliability of the
transmission control system, but also improves
the performance of the truck by more optimal
and rapid switching of the operating modes of
the truck. This, in turn, will allow customers to
reduce the total cost of ownership of the whole
fleet by optimising fuel consumption and
reducing tyre wear.”
Following the traditional policy to provide
customers with the widest possible choice in
terms of available optional systems and
components in the autumn of 2018 the factory
will also assemble the mining dump truck BELAZ
75605 with payload capacity of 360 t and
equipped with an electromechanical AC
transmission produced by General Electric.
Finally, at the dealer facility in Poland
(Polmark-Kielce company) the assembly of the
new generation of mining dump truck BELAZ
75454 with payload capacity of 45 t powered by
a Scania engine and conforming to Tier 4/Stage
IV emissions regulation has been completed. The
first chassis of this model has been working
successfully since 2016 on the extraction of non-
metallic building materials.
In addition, several new innovative projects are
being implemented at the BELAZ R&D facility
aimed at development of mining trucks of
different payload capacity ranges powered with
engines operating on alternative energy sources,
including gas fuel and replaceable storage batteries.
In the framework of this program in Russia,
BELAZ continues testing of the 45 t 75476
powered by LNG. Moreover, within the framework
of testing of various gas-diesel systems in May
2017 in the Kemerovo region, a project for
conversion of 136 t 75131 trucks to operate on
natural gas in gas-diesel mode entered an active
phase. By the end of 2017 the Siberia-Energo
company converted 20 trucks. The first converted
dump trucks have more than 5,000 operating
hours in the gas-diesel mode.
BELAZ global activities update
BELAZ is expanding its activities in North and
South America. BELAZ North America already has
an office in Edmonton, the corporate oil sands
mining hub. Along with standard capacity range
dump trucks BELAZ is looking to deploy its
biggest mining dump truck, the 450 t 75710 in
the oil sands.
Another focus of the company is Mexico where
mining activity is really ramping up. BELAZ Mexico
has been established in Sonora state, one of the
most active in mining. Meetings with clients and
customers during a recent visit were very positive.
BELAZ has also established a regional office in
Chile – BELAZ Latin America. The office is
responsible for South America and especially for
Chile, Peru and Argentina where a service
network together with local partners has been
established. Regional miners had the opportunity
recently to get more acquainted with BELAZ and
its market strategy at Expomin in Santiago at the
end of April. BELAZ offered a virtual tour at the
plant along with a virtual ride in the 75710 cab.
BELAZ says it is fully prepared to make its trucks
operate efficiently anywhere in the world.
Lastly the 2015 deal with Bukit Asam in
Indonesia saw fast delivery and commissioning
of 40 units of 110 t 75135 trucks. “The BELAZIA
team fully supported by BELAZ have spent a lot
of time and effort proving to potential Indonesian
customers the technical advantages and
economical effects of using the BELAZ 130 t
“The efforts are aimed at making the form and
the integrity of the haul truck more rational. With
the new vehicle on the market, BELAZ trucks will
be represented in all the carrying capacity
classes of the world market of haul trucks. ”
Within the framework of the program for
continuous improvement, BELAZ has also
expanded the range of the steadily growing in
demand mining dump truck series BELAZ-7558
with payload capacity of 90 t with a new model -
BELAZ-75585 - which is equipped with a new AC
drive produced by Russian company Ruselprom.
The energy-efficient control system of the AC
traction electric drive has already been applied
on the 220 t BELAZ 75306, which successfully
passed operational testing at Bachatsky coal
mine in the Kemerovo region. Based on this at
the end of 2017, BELAZ started manufacturing a
pilot batch of mining dump trucks with AC drive
and payload capacities of 136 and 220 t.
“Application of this system significantly reduces
the costs and time for maintenance of the drive
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BELAZ trucks working in Indonesia. SE Asia is a major growth market for the company