Barrick Gold Corporation, a mining company that produces gold and copper, has awarded a major contract around its Lumwana project in Zambia to Metso, a provider of solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries.
Already a significant contributor to Barrick’s copper portfolio, the expansion of the project in Zambia’s North-Western Province aims to transform it into one of the world’s major copper mines, with a projected annual production of 240,000 tons of copper.
To achieve this, Barrick has called upon the services of Metso, presenting a contract of EU €70mn(approx. US$78mn). This will include delivery of key equipment for grinding, flotation, thickening, feeding, and filtration.
Planet Positive
“We are honoured to have been selected by Barrick as the strategic partner for this project. The copper concentrate production process in Lumwana has been designed with sustainability and production efficiency in mind, with most of the equipment selected from our Planet Positive offering,” remarked Markku Teräsvasara, president of the Minerals business area and deputy CEO of Metso.
The Planet Positive offering was made clear earlier this year when Metso announced an expansion to its solvent extraction offering and introduced the VSF X solvent extraction plant with an extended scope.
