KYIV. Aug 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company AvtoKrAZ (Kremenchuk, Poltava region), the only Ukrainian producer of heavy trucks, has won a tender to supply various trucks to Kryvy Rih iron ore plant (Dnipropetrovsk region), the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
The company said that under the agreement, the cost of which has not been disclosed, KrAZ-65055 (6×4) dump trucks with a carrying capacity of 18 tonnes will be made for the customer. The rear suspension of the trucks will be reinforced as demanded by the customer.
Along with dump trucks, a KS-55729V crane truck on a KrAZ-65053 (6×4) chassis with a carrying capacity of 32 tonnes will be delivered to the customer.
The trucks will be shipped to Kryvy Rih iron ore plant in the fourth quarter of 2015.
In 2014, Kryvy Rih iron ore plant also bought two KrAZ-65055 dump trucks with a carrying capacity of 20 tonnes.
AvtoKrAZ makes 33 basic vehicle models, and more than 260 modifications and trim levels for civilian and military vehicles. The company’s trucks are in use in more than 60 countries. About 80% of production output is exported.
AvtoKrAZ is part of the Finance and Credit financial and industrial group.
Kryvy Rih iron ore plant produces iron ore. The plant mainly sells its produce to Yenakiyeve Steel Works and Mariupol Illich Steel Works.
