Kuzbassrazrezugol purchased and installed a second EKG-35 excavator at the Kedrovsky coal mine. The excavator was designed by Uralmashzavod and installation is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
Uralmashplant JSC signed a contract in April 2019 to supply two EKG-35 mining shovels to Kuzbassrazrezugol, part of UMMC, and has started manufacture.
Uralmashzavod (UZTM) signed a contract in April 2019 to supply two EKG-35 crawler excavators to Kuzbassrazrezugol. The excavators, scheduled for delivery in 2019, will operate at the Krasnobrodsky and Kedrovsky open-pit mines.
Kuzbassrazrezugol has signed a memorandum of understanding with Beijing CATIC Industry Limited to purchase mining and processing equipment worth $70 million over five years, including two WK-35 excavators and coal processing equipment for two new processing plants.
A new Uralmashplant EKG-18 mining excavator (serial no. 14) has begun operations at the Talda coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, owned by Kuzbassrazrezugol. It is the fifth such machine delivered to the mine.