The open mine Maltsovsky

Both of the photos from this post were taken on the 15th of August, 2014 in the open mine owned by Eurocement Group.

This open mine is placed in the neighborhood of the town Fokino (Bryansk region, Russia).

The scene is enough simply: TEM2 class diesel engine works in the open mine. He leads the train of dumpcars that is loading by the excavator EKG. The locomotive is decorated in a livery of Eurocement Group that is owner of this open mine and industrial railway.

That industrial space has a long history. The first open mine in this region was opened in the late of 19th century. There is limestone quarried for the local production of cement. A railroad is used to deliver the extracted raw materials to the plant from the first days of that open mine. In fact this is one of the oldest private industrial railways in Russia.

The quarry has its own name - Maltsovsky. Sergei Maltsov is a well-known Russian industrialist of 19th Century who has created a lot of companies, plants and railways. His enterprises were famous for their high level of technologies. And he gave for their employees better education and better social guarantees.