Posted by Daniel Gleeson on twenty sixth June 2024
Southern Peru Copper Company, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, has awarded Metso an order for the supply of state-of-the artwork tankhouse materials dealing with options to its Ilo and Toquepala copper cathode manufacturing crops in Peru.
The order worth exceeds €10 million ($10.7 million), with Metso’s scope of supply together with cathode stripping machines for the Ilo electrorefinery and Toquepala electrowinning course of. The machines are, Metso says, based mostly on confirmed design to make sure excessive security and long-term reliability. Each use fashionable robotic electrode dealing with to optimise structure and materials dealing with effectivity within the present processes.
Mikko Rantaharju, Vice President, Hydrometallurgy enterprise line at Metso, mentioned: “We’re happy to proceed our collaboration with Grupo Mexico, with which we have now for a very long time shared information and offered tools. At Ilo, new cathode dealing with know-how will likely be applied on the tankhouse, whereas in Toquepala, the present stripping machine will likely be changed with a brand new one.
“In each instances, Metso’s cathode stripping machines will allow secure manufacturing fulfilling the fabric dealing with necessities of each crops.”
Metso calls itself a number one tankhouse know-how provider for copper refineries. The providing covers key tools based mostly on proprietary know-how, in addition to primary engineering, digital options and companies.
