Finland's Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of key crushing and grinding equipment to Artemis Gold's Blackwater Gold project in Central British Columbia in Canada. The order value, which is confidential, has been booked in Minerals' Q2/2022 order intake.

Metso Outotec's scope of delivery consists of the supply of the Superior MK-III 4265 primary gyratory crusher, the Nordberg HP900 secondary and tertiary cone crushers and 14MW Premier ball mill for the Phase 1 process plant at Blackwater.

"We are pleased to be chosen as the supplier of the state-of-the-art comminution technology for the Blackwater Gold project. This development further solidifies Western Canada as a premier mining region that is continuing to grow. We are ready and proud to support the region's expansion with our end-to-end offering including services that span across the lifecycle," says Giuseppe Campanelli, President, North and Central America, Metso Outotec.