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Aluminum begins with bauxite—but few people ever see the full journey from raw ore to finished metal.
In this video, join Evgeny Rakin on a trip to the Komi Republic, home to RUSAL’s northernmost bauxite mining operation. The Verkhne-Vorykvinskoye deposit holds over one hundred twenty-three million tons of recoverable bauxite, making it a strategically vital resource for Russia’s aluminum industry.
You’ll see everything that defines large-scale mining: open pits, massive haul trucks, controlled blasting, rail transport, and—most importantly—the people whose daily work makes aluminum production possible.
This is a rare inside look at how bauxite is добывается in extreme northern conditions and how the first step of the aluminum production cycle really works.
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Production has always been an endlessly
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captivating topic to explore. What if it
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is
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more
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huge production and production is
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this more interesting hundreds of times?
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The Comey Republic known for its wealth
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in mineral resources often brings to
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mind oil, gas, and coal as the primary
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ones. Today I am visiting the Russell
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mine, a site renowned for its boxite
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extraction and processing.
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For what is it for? How is it extracted?
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The methods, technologies used for
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extraction, transportation processes and
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all facets of boxite mining deserve a
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comprehensive explanation and I aim to
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showcase and describe them thoroughly in
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this presentation. driven.
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Hello.
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I came to find out to see your
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enterprise what and how you have it
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well arranged. I'll tell you briefly so
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it means
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what is the purpose of boite mining?
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Boxite is a crucial resource for
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producing aluminina specifically with
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nosis and ultimately leading to the
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extraction of aluminum. We opened the
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box, we prepared the production block,
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drilled it, blew it up and already
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according to the transport scheme, we
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deliver it to the central yard where the
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stacks are formed according to quality
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and already subsequently produced
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shipment in wagons and are sent to our
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main consumers. Well, in short like
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this,
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everything seems interesting in words.
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Let's see what it all looks like in
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person.
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Well, let's come to the quarry and see
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it live. How does it happen?
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Here a mine at the mine. Now let's see
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how everything is arranged here. How are
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the working processes going? How is it
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mined? Lucky I'll try to find out. Was
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this entire sequence crafted for your
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benefit? all the subtleties, the nuances
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that you will be interested.
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Boxite is the product of the final
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processing of the original mother rock
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in which easily tolerated elements have
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taken all the solution and in the
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original rock remained aluminum, silicon
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and iron as well as a small ad mixture
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of residual elements.
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Well, this so heterogeneous, huh?
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And it's different. In fact, it's just
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that I painted it and took it. I heard
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that they also come in different colors.
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Yes, that is this is what we have. This
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is aluminina. Aluminina red ordinary
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wite. There is also white boxite which
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is called low in iron. This let's say
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has an aluminum content well 47 in my
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opinion somewhere. So plus or minus but
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in MGB in Malia here there in the city
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there may be 80 to 90 of this aluminum
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to three. And how much if we admit do we
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take
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on? Yes. which is 90 tons there but
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transports in this volume. How much pure
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aluminum can there be? Well, that's it
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roughly speaking.
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What coefficient?
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Well, let's examine a percentage of 47%
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and also revisit the detailed
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calculation involving 47% and 40%.
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That's right.
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Yes. Well, well,
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conditional.
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Currently, we stand at top the leading
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deposit of quarry number two within the
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northern deposits. At this juncture,
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extensive mining operations are actively
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underway here, paving the way towards
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planned production slated for 2026.
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Given our advancements, could we be
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accelerating the stripping process?
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I think by the end of 25 years, we will
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already be working here. The reserves of
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this quarry of the deposit are more than
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30 million tons. Room date will be one
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of the largest quaries of this develop
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of mine.
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Now you and I are at the Vesour deposit
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using quarry number two. Full-fledged
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work is already underway here. Treatment
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facilities have also been built. Quarry
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water is already being pumped out.
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Skimming work and mining work are
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already being carried out. Well, here
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you can already see the ore. It's all
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red. This yes drilling OB will be
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production blocks further. There are
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demos to the north who are already
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drilling stripping blocks. Well, at the
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moment the mining block is being charged
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here. Well, it's a lock for today.
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Us blasting the boring block. Then there
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is explosive work. Action is imminent.
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Career here. There you see the dump
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truck. Here he goes. The area of that
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part went to the site.
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We are now charging the stripping block
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with a volume of 88,000 m 582 cubic
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wells. The total volume of explosive
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material we used is 72 tons.
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Behind me is now a 14 cubic meter
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Hitachi 2500 excavator working here. We
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have 2008. We mainly use it on funny
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rocks at bazaars for now. Now a 100 ton
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kamas dump truck is approaching us. They
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also use Hitachi Vika dump trucks.
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Did we line up here? Technique for that.
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Clearly showing you the scope of
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dimensions involved.
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Represent themselves.
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These machines are low.
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Excavator 2500 functioning effectively.
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Dump truck.
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Here I am. Now I think I managed to
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convey the dimensions and dimensions of
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the equipment that work in the quarry.
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[Music]
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Well, I finally got there to the most
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important thing to the dump trucks. Who
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is responsible for the performance?
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Directly the most important the mission
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undertaken at the mining site.
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How challenging could it possibly be
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enter such dimensions?
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Well, at first it was hard, huh? No
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matter how big the dimensions are, you
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have to get used to it and then
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everything is said it's normal just like
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on a small one.
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For instance, how about elaborating
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further?
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Hosting while braking happens primarily
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because of the car's significant mass.
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Correct.
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And somehow it gives a sensation
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something nuanced.
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No matter how the taxing is here, you
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can't really feel the hydraulic
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pressure. It's the same thing. It seems
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that braking there performs quite well.
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The brakes function efficiently, which
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is seemingly quite standard, you could
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say. Nothing is different. It's just
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that the car is bigger and the mass is
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bigger.
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Let's find out who Kamatov truly is. To
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begin with, let's examine the mirror.
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Bigger than my hand at. Multiply that
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with the car cabin and its intricacies.
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It looks like this.
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Practically nothing is different from
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looking at a car.
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full gator boxes.
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The machine operates in a manner that
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accumulates technological debris.
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It's okay.
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Come on, let's go downstairs.
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The wheels here are 2 and 1/2 m.
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Currently, a thorough technological
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inspection is underway as the
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manufacturer carefully examines,
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checking for any potential leaks and
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related issues in detail.
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Now, let's dive into the engine bay and
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take a closer look.
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That appears to be the engine, right?
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At the moment, we are at the production
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site of mechanical repair workshops.
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Here we carry out scheduled repairs and
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daily maintenance plus current emergency
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repairs. Our fleet is different. At the
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moment we have
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the fleet presented includes four types.
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Caterpillar 3, Kamatu 785, Yokint. So
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far it lists around 1700 units with R in
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100 being accounted for.
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Here's to me. I'm curious about the
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repair process. How exactly does it
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work? Technically, this is still
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considered a car with principles quite
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similar to others. The process is highly
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mechanized. For example, the team is now
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dismantling a hub which will be
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transported using specialized equipment.
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Linda aids in that process and we've set
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up a system to install the removal step
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that leads to the workshop for further
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repairs.
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With the help of a beam crane,
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everything is disassembled. The insides
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are changed and put back together.
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Currently, the CAM's 785 engine and
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gearbox are planned for replacement. The
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first step will involve detaching and
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removing them from the vehicle.
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Sleeve inlet pipes.
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Electronics and electrics are
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disconnected, followed by the use of a
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crane to extract the components.
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The engine is okay. Okay. The weight of
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the engine. What are the numbers?
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Sanctton.
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Five tons is an engine only. Yes. Yes.
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Such a machine was purchased. It
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currently has a Hyundai hydraulic
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cylinder on it. With the help of this
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machine, we go through hydraulic
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cylinders. Replacing the bushing rod
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seals is reducing the downtime of our
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mining equipment. And the help of course
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from this machine is very great.
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[Music]
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Let's go and see what's going on.
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Represents
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wheels.
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P the wheels on
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machines all without a booth. Look at
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the tires
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on top of each other. They stand higher.
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A worn tire here. Thus the quarry
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relentlessly destroys tires without
11:16
pity. We have some size.
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270 R specification size 49.
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[Music]
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Place this onto the machine carefully
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and dismantle it with specialized
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machinery. Utilizing hydraulic equipment
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ensures serious precision as everything
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is compactly compressed.
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[Music]
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Absolutely. Observing the quarry from
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the observation deck is entirely a
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different experience.
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Other species
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from the view within the dump truck car
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the perspective feels entirely fresh and
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striking. Fascinating.
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Tell me if we're going now where
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now we are going to load door.
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That is they will load us now and later.
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Afterward we proceed to our designated
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mineard to carry out the unloading task.
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[Music]
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We got 500. What does it f
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loading in the body? How many rubles?
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Well, now I'll add another bucket.
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That is their maximum load capacity is
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90. According to regulation 90, zero
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isn't required yet. It's permissible to
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ship up to 15 as per the guidance they
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provided.
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Everything fully loaded and off we
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proceeded smoothly.
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[Music]
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Do you remember our tovali yard? The
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task of the chipping yard is that the
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ore that comes with the quarry and from
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each block, the ore is different
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produces quality averaging. A sample is
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taken from each machine and sent to the
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chemical laboratory. The chemical
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laboratory analyzes it and after
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receiving the analysis the quality of
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the stack which is created like this.
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Here we have an express analysis of
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samples. It is already obtained in jump
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form.
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Observe the way it combines with the
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reagent in specific ratios using an
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executive furnace. The melting point is
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precisely
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150°.
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Just as platinum resists melting at this
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temperature. The embedded minerals
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naturally liquefy within.
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As soon as I charged everything, it all
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goes into the fusion chamber at 250°.
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The whole cycle lasts 25 minutes.
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So that's it when she made it.
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Here she is. Hoshi poured out here. The
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cooling process is going on since it is
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designed. Then I tried and extracted.
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This is glass. It turns out to be coseri
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but like a lens.
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After we got through here we got the
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glass. Here comes the supreme device. It
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is called how it is designed. It
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measures the refraction of light
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according to the spectrum. Here let's
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say this lens here you make up a
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mathematical equation and by means of
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this equation it is calculated by other
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trials. That's how we get results.
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Express analysis works on three chemical
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elements that is aluminum, silicon and
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iron as a percentage.
15:04
The task of escalator workers is to
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limit the or bulkhead what is brought
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in. After the bulkhead is completed, the
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stack slowly moves to the railway and is
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prepared directly.
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How sad.
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Wagon
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11 units have been prepared and are
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fully ready. Personality of 11 cars
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ready for loading with TBR. We are as it
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were engaged in loading. On average our
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train consists of 56 shoulder straps.
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That is in terms of net weight it is
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3,8003900.
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The net weight managed by our factories
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represents significant capacity and
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efficiency.
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Do you have a UI
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plant and bases
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that is here we are sending on average
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there are 34 roots per day
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depending on the plan of course.
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What can you tell me about
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this iron the road from the origins when
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it was built there to what
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years and why is this road called
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Yin Privat?
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Well its construction began in 2001.
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Therefore, in February, it was as if
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they were already organizing somewhere
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in early March or April, somewhere in
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early spring. Everything had already
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begun to be built. One section was up to
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67 kilometers. We handed it over
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somewhere in August. At the end of
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August, that is one time Macarov was
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built somewhere in 2003 completely
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already.
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Everything was organized here. That is
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loading had already begun here. Potiman
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that is transportation so to speak,
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equipment was no longer human because it
16:44
was too expensive. Why did they start
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building iron? Because it is much more
16:47
profitable. That is the cost. Labor
16:49
immediately fell in price. That is it is
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beneficial to everyone.
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Here
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during that time while the company
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wasn't united there existed Rousal's fal
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operating out of Cibius. It was an
17:02
aluminum enterprise. Gradually the
17:04
evolution took place leading to the
17:06
formation of Russell.
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How could I find something like this
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covering a stretch of 162 km? collect to
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the dead end.
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So say 3 kilometers.
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This marks the inception of Russia's
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first privately developed road
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already closer to 2006. By 2007 they had
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already completely moved on as it were.
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All the railroads
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we moved to Tim's black city that is
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Rousalo that is we have already become
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JDHOs so to speak.
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[Music]
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He's turning the heat.
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Aware of 30 lines ahead of your plans.
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Precisely timed at 11:10.
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Is he busy up front? I took the train
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35. There is no strong one.
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Now then we set off for 105 kilos. The
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duty station informed us that train 35
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had left to pass which had not arrived.
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Given time constraints, we remain 20
18:06
minutes delayed from our schedule. Train
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three is coming.
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Ensure adance to the designated speed
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limit for safety.
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Don't go too fast so as not to catch up
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with the train leading us in front and
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don't go too slow so as not to catch up
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with the train leading us behind the
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road. Takes about two and a half hours
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on average. The employee returned and
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headed back. I eventually arrived at the
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place by 12:00 noon and at 13:40 we
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started our return.
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Currently,
18:52
we are stationed at the locomotive depot
18:54
constructed in 2021. This facility
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houses TO3 and TO2 where tasks include
19:00
replacing wheel motor units and
19:02
finetuning valve adjustments. In our
19:04
fleet there are three units of main
19:06
diesel locomotives of series 2T116 you
19:09
can observe and also five units of
19:11
shanting diesel locomotives of series
19:13
TM18 TM2 and there is also in MPTP
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passenger railway technology at the
19:20
moment we are producing a locomotive
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wheel set car we remove such faults as
19:25
fish turbin navara sliders and you can
19:28
also see metal delamination on this
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wheel sets.
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[Music]
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What if we go by?
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Why do rails need a steering wheel?
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This is not a steering wheel. This is
19:48
the control of the diesel locomotive
19:49
driver.
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Well, what is it responsible for?
19:52
It is for a set of positions and
19:53
therefore an increase in the number of
19:55
revolutions of the diesel increase
19:57
speed that by adjusting it, the
19:59
locomotive speed is effectively
20:00
modified. Is it like the gas pedal in a
20:02
car?
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And now it's something loud.
20:12
367 blocking gave control to that half
20:14
of the diesel locomotive. Now they will
20:16
control the stop.
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Harvest. Let's move on. Now
20:19
we go there and play the opposite.
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See there.
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Work at the mine is booming around the
20:50
clock. Shifts of workers replace each
20:52
other ensuring continuity of the process
20:55
created in the village. All conditions
20:57
for organization of leisure breaks
20:59
between work shifts. A gymish available
21:03
billard tennis and the restroom.
21:08
Every month exciting competitions are
21:10
organized for employees including
21:13
tennis, volleyball, football, darts and
21:15
power extreme. Many enthusiastic
21:18
individuals participate actively and in
21:21
celebration of their dedication we issue
21:23
prizes, certificates, medals and
21:26
diplomas fostering a vibrant and engaged
21:29
community.
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To conclude, it's worth pointing out
21:36
that Boximmon boasts extensive expertise
21:38
and a profound history where people
21:40
consistently demonstrate admirable
21:42
diligence and earn widespread respect
21:45
which are worth telling. The primary
21:47
focus of this video was to illustrate
21:49
the intricate boxite mining process
21:51
thoroughly. I sincerely hope I achieved
21:54
this goal for viewers. Ask about nature.
21:57
Boxites can genuinely be counted among
21:58
the considerable natural treasures of
22:00
the Ki Republic, proving their
22:01
significant value and contribution to
22:03
the region's resources. Returning to and
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