Engineering company FLSmidth has won a contract to supply In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) equipment for the upstream section of Polyus' Bladodatnoye gold mine.

The company said the order follows a previous announcement in October that said it would supply a package of process equipment to expand the same mine.

The latest order includes a semi-mobile crushing station with the TSUV Gyratory Crusher, an apron feeder, and a 1.6-kilometre-long overland conveyor. FlSmiidth explained that the equipment has been customised for the project and includes "a modular design with opposite truck ramps and enlarged discharge hopper."

Alexey Kutilin, vice-president head of capital sales, ENAR, mining at FLSmidth, said the deal "underlines" the company's strength as a "full flowsheet provider of productivity-enhancing solutions for the mining industry."

Branco Lalik, global director for mining systems at FLSmidth, said it showed "a clear show of confidence" in its continuous mining technologies and market-leading TSUV Gyratory Crusher.

"The new steel structure-based, crushing station, with apron feeder discharge, is just the latest crushing station order in hard rock applications for FLSmidth, proving our successful strategy for flexible, customised design that meets each customer's unique requirements," Lalik said.