BelAZ

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Belarusian Automobile Plant
(BelAZ)
Company type State owned enterprise
Industry Automotive
Founded1948
Headquarters
Žodzina, Belarus
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Piotr Parkhomchyk
Products Dump trucks
Haul trucks
Heavy equipment
Goods wagons
RevenueIncrease2.svg €979.9 million (2018) [1]
Decrease2.svg €177.9 million (2018) [1]
Decrease2.svg €139.3 million (2018) [1]
Total assets 793,298,000 Euro (2015)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OwnerBelarusian government (100%) [2] [3]
Number of employees
9927 (2016) [3]
Website belaz.by
Mining dump truck BelAZ-7547 Belaz 7547.jpg
Mining dump truck BelAZ-7547
1971 USSR postage stamp depicting BelAZ 540 The Soviet Union 1971 CPA 3999 stamp (BelAZ-540 Tipper Truck).jpg
1971 USSR postage stamp depicting BelAZ 540

BelAZ (Belarusian : Беларускі аўтамабільны завод, romanized: Belaruski autamabilny zavod, lit. 'Belarusian Automobile Plant', Russian : Белорусский автомобильный завод or БелАЗ, romanized: Belorusskii avtomobilnyi zavod) is a Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and construction industries.

Contents

BelAZ is a site for one of the largest Commonwealth of Independent States investment projects. The factory finalized two of the three scheduled phases of the technical re-equipment and upgrades. The Quality Management System applied in research and development, fabrication, erection and after-sale service of the equipment complies with international ISO 9000 standards.

History

Political repressions, international sanctions

On 21 June 2021, BelAZ was added to the sanctions list of the European Union for repressions against workers who participated in mass protests against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenka following the controversial presidential election of 2020. According to the official decision of the EU,

"[BelAZ] is a source of significant revenue for the Lukashenka regime. Lukashenka stated that the government will always support the company, and described it as “Belarusian brand” and “part of the national legacy”. OJSC BelAZ has offered its premises and equipment to stage a political rally in support of the regime. Therefore OJSC “Belaz” benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime." [7]

Moreover,

"the employees of OJSC “Belaz” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of the fraudulent August 2020 elections in Belarus were threatened with layoffs and intimidated by the company management. A group of employees was locked indoors by OJSC Belaz to prevent them from joining the other protesters. The company management presented a strike to the media as a staff meeting. Therefore OJSC “Belaz” is responsible for the repression of civil society and supports the Lukashenka regime." [7]

On the same day, BelAZ was also sanctioned by Canada. [8] Later, Switzerland also sanctioned the company. [9] [10]

On 30 June 2021, Rolls-Royce Holdings ended its cooperation with BelAZ as a result of EU sanctions, [11] in September 2021 Cummins joined the ban. [12]

According to a joint journalistic investigation by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Belarusian Investigative Center and Siena, after BelAZ was blacklisted by the European Union, a Belarusian company controlled by a citizen of Lithuania was used for shipping BelAZ trucks to Chile via the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda. [13]

In March 2023, the U.S. Treasury included BelAZ and its CEO Sergei Nikiforovich in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. [14] In May 2023, Ukraine also imposed sanctions against BelAZ. [15]

Models

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BelAZ-548A (1967)
BelAZ-75214 BelAZ-75214 truck in Russia.jpg
BelAZ-75214
BelAZ-7513 BelAZ-7513.jpg
BelAZ-7513
BelAZ-75450 Belaz 75450 at Belarus Expo exhibition in Vilnius.JPG
BelAZ-75450

Discontinued models

Mining dump trucks

  • 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

Mining dump trucks

  • 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 [16] are highlighted in bold.

Construction & road-building vehicles

Other vehicles

  • MoAZ-75296, low-profile mining and tunneling concrete mixer truck
  • BelAZ-74212, aircraft tug

Other products


Sponsorship in football

See also

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