# Herrenknecht starts manufacturing shaft boring machines for Slavkaliy's Nezhinsky potash plant

Herrenknecht has begun manufacturing shaft boring roadheaders (SBR) for the Nezhinsky potash mining and processing factory in Belarus, under a contract with Slavkaliy's contractor Deilmann-Haniel. Assembly of integral parts will start in March 2018.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-12-05
- Where: Nezhinsky, Belarus, Belarus
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2 million tonnes of potassium chloride per annum
- Products: shaft boring roadheaders (SBR)
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Herrenknecht](https://endata.com/companies/28609.md) (supplier)
- [Deilmann-Haniel](https://endata.com/companies/28610.md) (customer)
- [Slavkaliy](https://endata.com/companies/28611.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [strategeast.org](https://www.strategeast.org/german-company-starts-making-boring-machines-belarusian-potash-company/), 2017-12-05: "The German company Herrenknecht has started making shaft boring roadheaders (SBR), which are required for building the Nezhinsky potash mining and processing factory in Belarus."

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