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CAML’s Sasa operation replenishing underground fleet Central Asia Metals PLC, as part of a production fleet upgrade at its Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia, has acquired a new 32-t payload Epiroc MT436B truck. The company is in the process of replacing or retiring older 20-t payload Epiroc MT2000/MT2200 trucks at the underground mine, with another Epiroc MT436B due for delivery in August. This will mean the production fleet will have three MT436Bs in total by the end of the September quarter. The new articulated Epiroc trucks are suited to the 4x4 m access levels and 4.8x4.8m Central Decline, Jamie Karamatic, General Director, Sasa, told IM. The operation received a new Epiroc Simba S7 production drill in December 2025, with Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH MinCas and other light vehicles expected in the next 12-18 months. The mining fleet is predominantly made up of Epiroc equipment, consisting of development drills, production drills, articulated underground loaders and articulated underground trucks. Sasa currently has three AutoNav LOS line-of-sight remote units that it uses for loaders entering stopes or other areas with poor ground conditions where operators could be at risk, but it also plans to investigate the opportunity to include teleremote loaders through Epiroc’s AutoNav Tele platform for use in production stopes, including “semi-automation” (AutoNav Lite). Read more about these developments below 👇 #miningequipment #mineautomation #Sasa #miningtechnology https://lnkd.in/e4kHeD8Y