Metso to Supply a Complete Copper Ore Processing System to Zinkgruvan Mining AB in Sweden
Metso Minerals will supply a complete processing system for copper ore beneficiation to Zinkgruvan
Mining AB for its mine in Southern Sweden. The delivery will be completed during the last quarter of
2009. The value of the order is approximately EUR 16 million.
Metso's delivery covers the primary and secondary crushing stages, grinding, flotation and pressure filtration, as well as the pumping and conveying of processed copper ore. The contract includes supervision of erection and start-up. The order is for a new copper processing line, which will be built parallel to the existing zinc and lead processing lines at Zinkgruvan. Once completed, the new line will increase Zinkgruvan's ore processing capacity by a third.
Zinkgruvan Mining AB is 100% owned by the Lundin Mining Corporation, a base metal producer with mining activities in Sweden, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Lundin Mining is listed on NYSE, TSX and OMX and employs altogether some 3,500 people. The Zinkgruvan mine has been in operation since 1857.Metso has had an ongoing service agreement with the mine for over 10 years.
Metso Minerals is a global supplier of solutions, equipment and services for rock and minerals processing. Its expertise covers the production of aggregates, the processing of ores and industrial minerals, as well as construction and metal recycling. Metso Minerals is a business area of Metso Corporation, a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of approximately EUR 6 billion. Its more than 26 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.
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For further information, please contact:
Jan-Ove Stene, Vice President, Mining, Scandinavia, Metso Minerals
tel. +46 410 52556
Wille Beckman, Vice President, Process Equipment, Metso Minerals
tel. +46 224 57149
Metso Minerals (Sweden) AB P.O. Box 132, Trelleborg, 23122 SWEDEN,
Tel. +46 40 243 250, fax +46 40 243 299, E-mail: minerals.info@metso.com
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