BelAZ
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 A truck mounted outside of the BelAZ factory | |
| Company type | State owned enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Žodzina, Belarus |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Piotr Parkhomchyk |
| Products | Dump trucks Haul trucks Heavy equipment Goods wagons |
| Revenue |  €979.9 million (2018)[1] |
 €177.9 million (2018)[1] | |
| €139.3 million (2018)[1] | |
| Total assets | 793,298,000 euro (2015)  |
| Owner | Belarusian government (100%)[2][3] |
Number of employees | 9927 (2016)[3] |
| Website | belaz.by |
Belaursian Automobile Plant more known as BelAZ is a Belarusian automobile brand headquartered in Žodzina it mainly makes Dump trucks haul trucks and heavy equipement its state-owned mainly because its 100% owned by the government of Belarus.
It was founded in 1948 and was renamed to BelAZ in 1958 initially it made MAZ trucks then in 2006 Mogilev Automobile plant (MoAZ) merged into BelAZ its currently one of the largest brands of dump trucks and heavy equipment to the mining and construction industries.
International Sanctions aganist BelAZ
[change | change source]In June 2021 European Union added the company into its sanctions list due to repressions against workers who participated in mass protests against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Canada and Switzerland also sanctioned BelAZ.[4] [5] and companies like Rolls-Royce and cummins ended their partnership with BelAZ.
In 2023 the US Treasury added BelAZ and the company's CEO into the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List.[6] then in May Ukraine also sanctioned the company.
Models
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Discontinued models
[change | change source]Mining dump trucks
[change | change source]- MAZ-525, 25 t (1958–1965)
- BelAZ-540, 27 t (1965)
- BelAZ-540A
- BelAZ-540B, 45 t
- BelAZ-548A, 40 t (1967)
- BelAZ-548B, 65 t
- BelAZ-549, 75–80 t (1969)
- BelAZ-7519, 110–120 t (1977)
- BelAZ-7521, 180 t (1979)
- BelAZ-75211, 170–220 t (1983)
- BelAZ-75214
- BelAZ-7522
- BelAZ-75303
- BelAZ-75483
Current model range
[change | change source]Mining dump trucks
[change | change source]- BelAZ-7540, 30 t
- BelAZ-7545, 45 t
- BelAZ-7547, 42–45 t
- BelAZ-7555, 55–60 t (since 1994)
- BelAZ-7557, 90 t
- BelAZ-7513, 110–130 t (since 1996)
- BelAZ-7517, 154–160 t
- BelAZ-7530, 180–220 t
- BelAZ-7531, 240 t
- BelAZ-7560, 320–360 t
- BelAZ-7558, 90 t
- BelAZ-7571, 450 t (since 2013)
Note: New models[7] are highlighted in bold.
Construction & road-building vehicles
[change | change source]- MoAZ-4048, front-end loader, 7.5 t
- BelAZ-7822, front-end loader, 7 t
- BelAZ-7823, Wheel dozer
- Belaz 78221 Wheel loader
- MoAZ-60148, scraper
- MoAZ-60007, scraper
- Concrete mixer trucks
Other vehicles
[change | change source]- MoAZ-75296, low-profile mining and tunneling concrete mixer truck
- BelAZ-74212, aircraft tug
Other products
[change | change source]- Articulated haulers
- Underground vehicles
- Vehicles for mine-servicing works
- Vehicles for metallurgical works
- Goods wagons: covered hoppers, open wagons, flat wagons
BelAZ-7540
BelAZ-7555
BelAZ-75570
Front-end loader BelAZ-78221
Concrete mixer truck MoAZ-75296
Aircraft tug BelAZ-74212
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 "IFRS Audit 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ↑ "БелАЗ проводит допэмиссию акций второй раз за год". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- 1 2 БЕЛАЗ ОАО - управляющая компания холдинга "БЕЛАЗ-ХОЛДИНГ"
- ↑ "Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List". Global Affairs Canada. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ↑ Shields, Michael; Liffey, Kevin (2021-07-07). Liffey, Kevin (ed.). "Swiss widen sanctions list against Belarus". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ "U.S. imposes sanctions against BelAZ and MAZ". Interfax. March 24, 2023.
- ↑ "BelAZ. Our Products. Mining Dump Trucks". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.