The Pakistani Cherat Cement Factory has put into operation the world-famous mining dump truck by a noted Belarusian firm, Belaz, in partnership with its local distributor Greaves Pakistan.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was organized on March 26th at the Cherat Cement Factory in Lakari village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was attended by Deputy Director of one of the leading enterprises of Belarus, BELAZ, the leadership of the Ghulam Faruque Group & Cherat Cement Company Limited and the officials from the Embassy of Belarus.

The mining dump truck comes with a payload capacity of 45 tonnes and it is the first-ever truck to be put into operation in Pakistan.

The initiative vindicates Hi-Tech Belarusian technology sharing with Pakistan, technological contribution to the Pakistani industrial complex, as well as showing the progress of the bilateral cooperation in the sphere of industry. Mining dump trucks are designed for transportation of loosened rocks on technological haul roads at open-pit mining sites under different climatic conditions. These trucks can be used in the construction of large industrial structures and hydraulic facilities, in the construction of highway systems as well as in technological departments of the enterprises of the processing industry.

Open joint-stock company (OJSC) BELAZ — Management company of holding ‘BELAZ-HOLDING’ – is a major world manufacturer of mining dump trucks of heavy-duty and super-size load capacity, as well as the other heavy vehicles, being used in mining and construction branches of industry.