OREANDA-NEWS. March 5, 2010. IZ-KARTEKS, a part of OMZ Group, had manufactured and shipped the EKG-10 shovel to Baganuur, the largest coal strip mine in Mongolia.

EKG-10 is the most popular basic electric shovel model manufactured by the company. Equipment design scheme, developed by IZ-KARTEKS specialists, allows to install scoops of various volume depending on the ore type. Volume of the EKG-10 scoop shipped to the customer is 13 m3.

EKG-10 provides comfortable conditions for the operator, including good view from the spacious, sound- and vibration-proof cabin, which comes with the heating system, air conditioning, windshield heating and a modern control seat. Planetary reduction gears of the rotation mechanism are compact, reliable and long-lasting, with large load factor.

Baganuur coal strip mine is a state-owned facility, built according to a Soviet project and commissioned in August 1978. Baganuur coal reserves amount to 600 million tons; annual output is 3 million tons of coal. The facility aims to increase the output to 4 million tons of coal per year.

Since the very beginning all operations at Baganuur are conducted with Russian-built shovels produced by IZ-KARTEKS and Uralmash.

OMZ Group is one of the leading heavy industry companies specializing in engineering, production, sales and service support of equipment for nuclear, oil and gas, mining industries, as well as special steel production and industrial services. OMZ Group’s facilities are located in Russia and Czech Republic. The Group is controlled by Gazprombank.