The excavator was supplied to the mine under the investment program of technical re-equipping OAO SUEK enterprises.
The machine has become the most powerful excavator in SUEK-Kuzbass, for the Company's strip mines are mainly equipped with 10 cubic meter bucket excavators.
"The new excavator will not only give a significant boost to productivity but will also greatly improve the labor safety of ‘strip miners'," noted Sergey Pechenkin, Director of Strip Mine Administration, OAO SUEK-Kuzbass, at the special meeting.