On the last Sunday of September, Belarus celebrated Machine Builders Day. The current issue of The MT project is dedicated to Pavel Mariyev — the Hero of Belarus, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honoured Worker of Industry, and recipient of the state prize in science and technology. This remarkable person once breathed new life into Belarus’ automotive giant BELAZ, whose dump trucks have become a symbol of independent Belarus.Pavel Mariyev is an engineer, director, scientist — Doctor of Technical Sciences, the author and co-author of 30 research papers, and the holder of 13 patents and copyright certificates in Belarus.

The Belarusian company has already shipped three haul trucks BelAZ-7555B to PAO Susumanzoloto this year. BelAZ intends to ship another four trucks BelAZ-7555N with the carrying capacity of 55 tonnes within the next few months.
BelAZ’s 55-tonne trucks are used to renew the vehicle fleet of Susumanzoloto’s daughter enterprise OOO Sever in Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Susumanzoloto Director General Aleksandr Chugunov noted that the new trucks demonstrate good performance in extremely low air temperatures. OOO Sever operates close to the northern hemisphere’s pole of cold. Susumanzoloto is convinced that the new trucks of the BelAZ-7555 series will increase labor productivity and reduce the cost of gold mining.