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FLSmidth has signed a contract worth in excess of US$75 million with Minera Lumina Copper Chile for the supply of design, engineering, and process equipment for the Caserones copper and molybdenum plant in central Chile. The order is expected to be completed in late 2012.

Minera Lumina is jointly owned by Nippon Mining & Metals Co and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. The Caserones plant will process around 105,000t/d of primary and secondary copper ore.
 
The scope of supply includes a primary crusher, cone crushers, SAG and ball mills, cyclones, flotation equipment and thickeners. Once detailed engineering is complete and final discharge points are defined, the conveyor and feeder belt systems, as well as pumps, will be added bringing the total order value to around US$100m.
 
“This order for primary processing equipment for a large copper concentrator is a very significant contract for FLSmidth and demonstrates the focus and synergies achieved through our One Source strategy,” says FLSmidth’s CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen.

“Our acquisitions over the past few years have established FLSmidth as a primary supplier of process equipment to the mining and metals industry. The value to our customers lies in the fact that FLSmidth can supply the complete flow sheet of equipment and deliver the engineering for the complete process within weeks of order placement, which reduces plant engineering costs and, most importantly to a major project, saves time.”
 
FLSmidth has also been awarded a contract worth approximately US$63m by a company in the Middle East for engineering services and equipment for the expansion of a copper mine.
 
The contract for the 7Mt/y capacity copper concentrator comprises a full minerals processing line, including: stockpile feeders, a SAG mill, ball mills, pumps and cyclones, flotation cells, concentrate and tailings thickeners and concentrate filters.
 
The order will complete in mid 2013.