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BelAZ delivers 20-truck order to Nornickel

Trucks were adapted to arctic conditions in line with specifications from Nornickel.

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The BelAZ press office told BelTA news agency the entire batch was made to the specifications from the Russian nickel, platinum and copper producer which plans to operate the trucks in severe arctic conditions.

BelAZ started making the trucks in September and made the final delicery this month.

They were taken by rail to Dudinka port in the Krasnoyarsk Region in Siberia, which stays open through the year. The trucks will be shipped from the port to the respective Nornickel operations where they will be assembled and put to use.

BelAZ makes haul trucks and transport equipment for the mining and civil engineering industries.

The company accounts for some 30% of the world market of haul trucks with an extremely large carrying capacity. The company makes the world's largest haul truck with the carrying capacity of 450 tonnes.

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