In December 2020, SIEMAG TECBERG and TNC Kazchrome JSC signed a contract for the delivery of shaft hoisting systems. Kazchrome is a fully integrated mining and metallurgical company in Kazakhstan, covering all stages of the value chain from geological exploration to underground mining and from the extraction of raw materials to the production of metal products.

Kazchrome is owned by Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) based in Luxembourg. Through Donskoy GOK, the group is embarking on an ambitious large-scale shaft construction project to increase the mining volume of chromium (chromite) ore by 10 tons from the current approximately 5.6 tons, to nearly three times the output. This ore with a high chromium oxide content (up to 62% Cr2O3) is used in the metallurgical production of ferroalloys and refractory products and chromium compounds in the chemical industry.

The existing Donskoy Ore Mining and Processing Plant (DGOK) complex was built in 1938 and is located in the town of Khromtau in the Aktobe region of central western Kazakhstan, about 700 kilometers from the Caspian Sea. According to the company, the confirmed reserves of chromium ore rank second in the world, and the quality of chromium ore reaches the highest quality standards. The Donskoy ore mining and processing plant has a total of 7,500 employees.

The current contract requires SIEMAG TECBERG to design, produce, deliver, install and commission the following equipment:

Both hoists are designed as a jump/jump system and can be used for a considerable depth of 1,487 m. "The design of the main shaft and the sliding bearing ensures the basic wear-free operation and maximum possible availability of the two hoists-these two key arguments support Siemag Tebao. The design based on the SIL standard provides operators and their employees with A very high level of safety, which is also a very important criterion for supplier selection."

For SIEMAG TECBERG, this is the first order from a new customer in Kazakhstan. It said that it “reconfirmed the company’s performance commitment. Together with the TECBERG ROSENSTEIN subsidiary, which was established in 2020 and focuses on the CIS countries, it is headquartered in The company of Haiger-Kalteiche, Germany, has recently further impressed its customers with its special and comprehensive "CIS logistics and certification capabilities". This allows customers to proceed as quickly and smoothly as possible under official supervision during the "delivery and certification" project phase. Transfer and register the equipment to his factory inventory."

At the recently expanded Kalteiche TECBERG park near Hager, the customer can also count on efficient assembly and final on-site commissioning at his mine, thanks to the complete assembly of the complete equipment at the factory, which includes extensive system testing of the drives Technology on the drive system test bench and pre-commissioning with all pre-adjustments.

SIEMAG TECBERG believes that the order from Kazakhstan is significant, and there is another reason. "In the current global investment crisis caused by the corona pandemic, we believe that this order from Kazchrome is a clear recognition of our heavy machinery'designed, assembled and pre-tested in Germany', which once again defeated global competitors. In particular, emerging manufacturers come from China and Russia. The governments of these important primary producing countries have exerted great influence in localizing technological production for the construction of their own industrial plants."

"The continuous development of product innovation and the system integration of mechanical, hydraulic, automation, drive and signal technology under the same roof is a unique selling point of Siemag Tebao, which has led to a leading market position," said Jürgen Peschke, a member of the SIEMAG TECBERG Group. Managing partner.

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