OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2012. IZ-KARTEX plant, part of OMZ Group, delivered its 500th excavator EKG-10.

EKG-10s operating weight is 400 tons, bucket capacity is 10 cubic meters. This is the most popular model of excavators, produced by IZ-KARTEX. The share of EKG-10 in the total number of excavators produced in 2000-2011 is 80%.

Production of EKG-10 was launched in 1984. The first excavator of this kind was delivered at Kemerovougol’s Krasnobrodskiy coal mine (OJSC Kuzbassrazrezugol at present). Today EKG-10 is the main type of electromechanical excavator in Russian mining industry and the largest CIS countries in terms of raw materials - Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. On the basis of the EKG-10 the company also produces modifications with the extended working equipment EKG-8US and EKG-5U.

The 500th EKG-10 was delivered by IZ-KARTEX to Olympiandskiy ore mining and dressing plant, located in Krasnoyarsk region and belonging to OJSC Polyus Gold - the largest gold mining company in Russia.

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.