November 2018, eight Volvo FMX 10x6 tippers arrived at the Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador. The trucks will be used for infrastructural activities (construction of dams) and for the transport of raw material for the cement factory. Currently, a trainer from BAS Mining Trucks is on site to train local mechanics and drivers.
Repair and maintenance will be carried out on site by Macasa, official distributor of Volvo Trucks and commercial agent of BAS Mining Trucks in Ecuador. To learn how to drive safely and sustainably with these 50-tonnes payload trucks, the truck drivers will get half a day theory training in a classroom and half a day 1 on 1 practical training. The BAS Mining Trucks trainer will join the team of mechanics for two weeks to provide them training on the job. There will be two training periods: first time when delivering the trucks and second time when first service has to be carried out.
The Fruta del Norte deposit is the largest gold deposits in Ecuador and a world class discovery. The deposit is located in the south-east of the country in Zamora-Chinchipe Provence. It is a large, high-grade gold deposit with probable reserves of 5.02 million ounces of gold grading at 8.74 grams per tonne. Construction began mid-2017 and first gold is expected in the fourth quarter of 2019.
The BAS Mining 10x4 tipper runs 24/7 and maintenance and repair will be caried out on site Vicats’ own workshop. Parts are delivered by the local Volvo truckdealer in Lyon. We wish them many pleasant working hours with their new BAS Mining trucks!...
BAS Mining Trucks recently delivered an 8x4 widespread pusher with single mounted tyres to KB Handel. This is already the third BAS Mining truck that KB takes into operation at the OBA in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ...
Meet our newest BAS Mining Truck model: the 10x4 widespread tipper with a net payload of 56 tonnes. The tippers are in use at the Grensmaas Project in the south of The Netherlands for the haulage of sand and gravel over a distance of 0.5 to 1 km. ...
