Posted by Paul Moore on twenty third August 2024
Throughout a latest enterprise discussion board on the ‘Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue,’ Eurasian Sources Group (ERG), the diversified pure sources group headquartered in Luxembourg, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with Japan’s Hitachi Building Equipment (HCM), the worldwide producer of development and mining gear, and its official distributor in Central Asia, Eurasian Equipment LLP.
Hitachi Building Equipment will provide ERG with modified diesel-electric drive EH4000 mining dump vans to function on the Kacharsky iron ore mine in Kazakhstan. which can assist allow ERG to attain its environmental administration objectives. The MoU will allow Hitachi’s EH4000 mining dump vans to run on electrical energy by way of trolley help.
The electrification of ERG’s truck fleet will considerably cut back native carbon emissions on the Kacharsky mine website. The corporate may even undertake a long-term contract for a full vary of companies, together with the event of servicing infrastructure, and the availability of spare elements and enormous elements.
ERG instructed IM: “We’ve analysed the conversion of 42 Hitachi EH4000 dump vans into trolley vans and the creation of a trolley infrastructure within the Kacharsky mine. We’re presently evaluating intimately the financial feasibility. The whole size of the trolley strains ought to be 9.9 km. Manufacturing facility-built 220 t Hitachi EH4000 dump vans may be transformed into trolley vans. So it creates a chance to function in two modes: diesel mode and trolley line mode. When the trolley line mode is activated, the ability transmission from the diesel engine is switched off, the pantograph is lifted and linked to the trolley line as an influence supply, and the ability is provided to the hub motors.”
The MoU will probably be facilitated by Hitachi’s regional distribution companion, Eurasian Equipment, and it’ll help the event of ESG-focused development practices throughout ERG’s world operations. The MoU was signed by the Chairman of ERG’s Board of Administrators, Shukhrat Ibragimov, the CEO of Eurasian Equipment, Mehmet Kemal Cetinelli, and the President of Hitachi Building Equipment Co, Masafumi Senzaki.
To additional enhance financial and environmental efficiency, the companions have outlined plans to conduct joint feasibility research, to help the complete electrification of ERG’s mining fleet.
As well as, a second MoU has been introduced between ERG and Japan’s Mitsui & Co. ERG intends to improve as much as 30% of its truck fleet by buying Komatsu gear via KOMEK Equipment Kazakhstan LLP. The MoU additionally envisages collaboration to attain ‘inexperienced’ ferrochrome manufacturing targets. Mitsui plans to conduct a feasibility examine for a possible wind energy improvement mission for ERG.
Commenting on the signed MoUs, Chairman of ERG’s Board of Administrators, Shukhrat Ibragimov, stated: “Worldwide cooperation on this scale will give new impetus to the event of our firm in keeping with the ESG agenda. We goal to not solely enhance our enterprise practices, however to make sure that our companies are in keeping with the best world requirements. The precedence is to make sure clean operations and obtain manufacturing targets whereas complying totally with security guidelines and working in a accountable method. We’re satisfied that this will probably be mirrored within the high quality of our merchandise whereas contributing to the event of Kazakhstan’s economic system.”
