# Mechel commissions first Uralmash EKG-18 excavator at Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia

Mechel commissioned a new Uralmash EKG-18 mining excavator with an 18-cubic-meter bucket at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia, as part of a 1.2 billion ruble investment for two excavators, with the second expected by end of April.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2017-04-16
- Where: Neryungrinsky open-pit mine, Yakutia, Russia
- Value: $21.0M (1.20B RUB)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 18 cubic meters bucket capacity
- 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)

## Sources

- [business-key.com](https://www.business-key.com/object/167039/), 2017-04-16: "ПАО «Мечел» ... сообщает о пуске в эксплуатацию нового оборудования для ведения горных работ на разрезе «Нерюнгринский» АО ХК «Якутуголь»."

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