Uzbekistan’s Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Firm (NMMC) is among the prime 4 gold producers globally, centred on its flagship Muruntau operation. A big a part of its manufacturing momentum is pushed by the Automotive Transport Division of NMMC’s Central Mining Administration which incorporates greater than 2,500 professionals and drivers, making certain the uninterrupted transportation of mined rock.
NMMC says that in 2024, the division transported 118 million cubic metres of rock from the Muruntau mine. This 12 months, the goal is even greater — concentrating on 138 million cubic metres.
The division operates over 350 items of heavy gear, together with haul vans with payload capacities starting from 90 to 260 t. The fleet contains BELAZ, Komatsu and Caterpillar vans, and in 2025, over 30 new Hitachi vans are additionally scheduled to hitch the operations.
Trying in additional element on the bigger class fashions, the BELAZ vans embody 130 t 75131 and 7530 Collection 220 t capability sorts; the Caterpillar vans embody the 181 t 789C and 194 t 789D fashions, and the Komatsu fashions embody the 227 t 830E and 254 t 860E. On the latter, in April 2024, the corporate efficiently put into operation 4 model new Komatsu 860E-1K electrical drive mining vans and in complete, ten Komatsu 860E vans had been delivered final 12 months. It was one of many first mining firms in Central Asia to make use of this heavy-duty sort of Komatsu dump truck in its operations.
“Fleet renewal is not only about changing equipment — it’s an funding in security, effectivity, and the long-term sustainability of mining operations,” says Shukhrat Mavlonov, Head of the Automotive Transport Division.
Trying on the wider mining plans at Muruntau, the mine presently extends 5.5 km in size, 3.4 km in width, and over 675 m in depth. As a part of the Muruntau Stage V – Part 1 funding challenge, work is underway to deepen the pit to 1,000 m by making use of fashionable mining and engineering options.
To enhance effectivity in transporting bigger volumes of rock mass, development is ongoing on the southern slope of the pit. This contains new crushing and loading stations, in addition to essential and waste conveyors with a mixed size of two.4 km. All conveyor methods are being manufactured regionally at NMMC’s machine-building plant in Navoi and the restore plant in Zarafshan. Preparations are additionally underway for the subsequent part – Muruntau. Stage V – Part 2 – which is able to convey annual ore supply from the Muruntau mine to Hydrometallurgical Plant No. 2 to an anticipated 60 Mt. This work kinds a part of NMMC’s broader dedication to growing productiveness, advancing localisation, and sustaining its place as a key participant within the international gold mining trade.
