Posted by Paul Moore on 2nd October 2024
At MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas final week, international miner ERG signed a contract with Epiroc value greater than €32.4 million for the availability of underground mining gear for the development of the second stage of the tenth Anniversary of Independence Mine, a part of Donskoy GOK in Kazakhstan, which itself is owned by ERG’s chromite mining firm TNC Kazchrome JSC. Kazchrome is the world’s largest high-carbon ferrochrome producer.
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Throughout the framework of the cooperation, Epiroc will provide a brand new era of underground gear to assist Kazchrome regularly reaching the mine’s design capability of as much as 7.5 Mt of chrome ore per yr. Specifically, a face drilling rig, a manufacturing drilling rig, floor assist rigs, loaders (LHDs) and dump vehicles shall be equipped.
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The procurement was dealt with by the ERG Industrial Middle, which carries out centralised procurement of products and companies for ERG corporations. “It’s important for our firm that our companions will not be solely dependable, but in addition share our targets when it comes to bettering manufacturing processes. And Epiroc has confirmed itself from one of the best aspect over 19 years of cooperation, serving to us clear up issues when it comes to manufacturing time, logistics and financing phrases,” says Ruslan Mulyukbayev, Basic Director of ERG Industrial Middle LLP.
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The brand new gear shall be utilized by Donskoy GOK in Khromtau for the development of the second stage of the tenth Anniversary of Independence Mine. ERG will make investments greater than 877.6 billion tenge within the development which equates to over US$1.8 billion. The second stage is targeted on superior sub-level caving, in addition to drift and fill mining. This new part won’t solely permit Donskoy GOK to exchange diminishing chromite output from Part 1 of improvement and from the Molodezhnaya mine, however will allow it to extend output of ore and, by extension, manufacturing at its essential ferroalloy vegetation in Aksu and Aktobe.
