Corum Group (DTEK Energy) is completing the shipment of a new scraper conveyor for DTEK Energy’s Belozerskaya mine, the company said on Facebook on Wednesday.
“The powerful and high-performance SPC271M conveyor, designed for efficient coal mining and transportation in difficult mining and geological conditions (…), is designed to work with seams with a thickness of 1.65 m,” the statement said.
According to Corum, the new machine, in particular, has drive units equipped with a water cooling system that reduces the risk of overheating, and is also equipped with replaceable drive stars, which makes maintenance affordable and safe.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine and is part of DTEK Energy, the operating company responsible for coal mining and coal-fired power generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK holding.
As reported, in 2023, DTEK’s machine builders manufactured and repaired 750 units of mining equipment, including 15 new tunnelling and shearers. We also produced 1.1 million spare parts.
In 2022, 147 units of mining equipment (including 9 shearers) and 456 thousand spare parts and components were produced in the relocation of production facilities (Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant and partially at Svet Shakhtyora in Kharkiv).
Belozerskaya mine, CORUM GROUP, DTEK ENERGY, scraper conveyor
Corum Group engineering company (“DTEK Energy”) manufactured and delivered a high capacity scraper conveyor to Metinvest’s Pokrovske mine, the company said on Facebook.
“The scraper conveyor is designed to transport coal, including in conditions of high concentration of dust and gas,” the statement said Friday.
The length of the conveyor – 120 m, power capacity – 2×85/250 kW, the load – from 1320 t/hour.
The company specified that a number of improvements have been made to the conveyor-loader’s design to increase its reliability; in particular, the construction of the chutes, the drive frame and the side group has been improved. The cost of the equipment was not disclosed.
Corum Group is Ukraine’s leading manufacturer of mining equipment and is part of DTEK Energo, the operating company responsible for coal mining and electricity generation from coal within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK holding.
As previously reported, as part of the relocation of Corum’s Druzhkivka Machine-Building Plant (Donetsk Region) and Svet Shakhtyora Plant (Kharkiv), production sites were created in Dnipropetrovsk, Volynsk and Khmelnytskyi regions.
In May 2022 the company manufactured its first roadheader after its relocation at the combine assembly plant in Dnipropetrovsk.
As of December 2022 (for 10 months of war) the company produced 133 units of mining equipment, eight combine harvesters and 454 units of spare parts and components.
