Metso has obtained an order for Vertimill® and HIGmill™ regrind mills for the Reko Diq copper-gold challenge in Pakistan.
The order, which additionally consists of apron feeders and vibrating feeders, is a part of the tools supply body settlement introduced on August 14, 2024.
The order worth of the regrind mills and feeders is roughly €50 million.
“Following an modern and collaborative take a look at work marketing campaign, a two-stage regrind circuit consisting of a Vertimill and HIGmill working in sequence was chosen to optimise the general energy-efficiency and working price. On this answer, the sturdy feed particle measurement functionality of the Vertimill is optimally mixed with the environment friendly advantageous grinding and particle conditioning of the HIGmill,” Bjorn Nielsen, Vice President, Stirred Mills and HPGR at Metso, says.
Metso’s stirred milling applied sciences portfolio consists of Vertimill, HIGmill, and Stirred Media Detritor (SMD) mills. These mills are primarily based on gravity-induced and fluidise applied sciences, permitting for an optimum tools answer for all comminution circuits in secondary, tertiary, advantageous, ultrafine, regrind and lime slaking purposes, the OEM says.
It’s anticipated that Reko Diq could have a mine life of roughly 40 years as a truck-and-shovel open-pit operation, with building anticipated in two phases and offering a mixed processing capability of circa 90 Mt/y. The primary manufacturing is focused for 2028.
