BelAZ

Belarusian Automobile Plant
(BelAZ)
Company typeState owned enterprise
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1948
Headquarters
Žodzina, Belarus
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Piotr Parkhomchyk
ProductsDump trucks
Haul trucks
Heavy equipment
Goods wagons
RevenueIncrease €979.9 million (2018)
Decrease €177.9 million (2018)
Decrease €139.3 million (2018)
Total assets793,298,000 euro (2015) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnerBelarusian government (100%)
Number of employees
9927 (2016)
Websitebelaz.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

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. 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. then in May Ukraine also sanctioned the company.

Models

BelAZ-548A (1967)
BelAZ-75214
BelAZ-7513
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 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IFRS Audit 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  2. ↑ "БелАЗ проводит допэмиссию акций второй раз за год". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. 1 2 БЕЛАЗ ОАО - управляющая компания холдинга "БЕЛАЗ-ХОЛДИНГ"
  4. ↑ "Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List". Global Affairs Canada. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "U.S. imposes sanctions against BelAZ and MAZ". Interfax. March 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ "BelAZ. Our Products. Mining Dump Trucks". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.