Mechel acquires new equipment

Mechel announced that its Yakutugol coal mining subsidiary has entered into a contract to acquire mining equipment for developing the Phase 1 pit to begin development of the Elga coal deposit.

The first batch of the equipment arrived at the deposit in October with the unloading of two Komatsu D 275 А-5 bulldozers currently underway at the Upper Ulak station. Assembling the equipment will be completed shortly, following which the assembled and well-adjusted machines will be delivered by crawlers to the point of the road construction and put into operation. The new machines are planned to be used in creating the road bed, preparing camp sites, constructing production sites, and subsequently in developing the deposit.

Currently completed infrastructure at the Elga deposit includes 172 kilometers of the access motor road, 73 kilometers of the main railroad bed, and the development road from the 175th to the 217th kilometer. Repair of the railroad from 0 kilometer to the 60th kilometer is underway. There are 2,176 people and 112 mechanized complexes involved in the railroad construction.