Metso says it has signed two multi-year Life Cycle Companies (LCS) agreements with key mining clients: a five-year contract with a serious copper producer in South America and a four-year contract with a serious lead/zinc producer in Asia Pacific.
The contracts help processing operations together with components, upkeep and digital companies for an in depth put in base of Larox® PF filters. This buyer partnership method reinforces long-term operational reliability, efficiency and sustainability aims, Metso says.
The orders whole round €60 million ($68 million). The orders are booked on a phased foundation, with the primary components recorded within the Minerals phase’s orders acquired for the March quarter of 2026. One of many agreements is among the many largest filtration LCS orders acquired by Metso so far, the OEM notes.
The agreements are based mostly on Metso’s Larox PF Plate Pack Administration Service (PPMS) idea, a part of the Metso Plus providing. Optimising filtration efficiency throughout a number of websites, they mix deliberate upkeep, construction and programmed spare components provide, repairs, upgrades and skilled help, Metso explains.
The service scope consists of plate packs and spare components, plate pack repairs and exchanges, service set up and technical help, filter upgrades and asset administration options, in addition to digital monitoring for situation monitoring and efficiency optimisation. Native service help and workshop capabilities are additionally a part of the agreements.
“This long-term service mannequin helps proactive upkeep, ensures predictable efficiency and offers price transparency, finally optimising price per tonne in copper and base metals processing,” Frank Araneda, Supervisor, LCS Options Gross sales at Metso, says.
The agreements help clients in enhancing plant availability, extending asset life and making certain constant end-product high quality. OEM repairs with guarantee, upgrades and digital instruments improve operational visibility and scale back unplanned downtime, Metso claims.
The lifecycle method additionally advances sustainability by selling part reuse and lowering materials consumption. Reconditioning filter elements considerably lowers embedded carbon in contrast with new tools, supporting clients’ local weather and useful resource effectivity targets.
“These agreements spotlight the power of mixing our put in base with deep product data and complete aftermarket capabilities,” Miika Tirkkonen, Senior Vice President, Beneficiation, Dewatering and Hydrometallurgy at Metso, says. “With our native service presence, digital options, and confirmed life cycle ideas, we give attention to serving to clients enhance reliability, improve predictability and ship measurable long-term worth of their operations.”
Metso’s PPMS redefines upkeep, shifting from reactive to proactive, unlocking predictable efficiency, optimised asset administration and sustained cost-per-tonne effectivity, the corporate says.
