# Mechel launches new excavator at Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia

Mechel has commissioned a new high-performance EKG-18 mining excavator from Uralmashzavod at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia, with a second similar excavator planned for late April. Investment in the two excavators was 1.2 billion rubles.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-23
- Where: Neryungrinsky open-pit mine, Yakutia, Russia
- Starts operating: 23 Mar 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: EKG-18 mining excavator
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Mechel](https://endata.com/companies/21036.md)
- [Uralmashzavod](https://endata.com/companies/20189.md) (supplier)
- [Yakutugol](https://endata.com/companies/21960.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [skzavod.ru](https://skzavod.ru/news/novaya-tehnika-proizvodstva-uralmashzavod-zapushhena-na-razreze-neryungrinskij-v-yakutii.html), 2017-03-23: "Наше сотрудничество с "Уралмашзаводом" служит подтверждением успешности реализации в России программы импортозамещения."

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