Metso has signed a contract with ZAO Russian Copper Company (RMK) to supply crushing, screening and grinding equipment – as well as on-site services for six years -to the first plant of the new Tominsky GOK copper concentrator  in the Chelyabinskya region in southwestern Russia. The complete value of the order is approximately €150 million of which the actual equipment amounts to €65 million.

Under the current equipment contract, Metso will supply a primary gyratory crusher, three cone crushers, one semi-autogenous grinding mill, three screens and three ball mills for the first plant of the new Tominsky GOK copper concentrator. The delivery also includes on-site supervisory services for the installation and commissioning, and on-site training for operating personnel. The equipment deliveries will be completed in fourth quarter 2015.Metso’s six-year life-cycle service contract includes maintenance; planning and operational assistance, process and product support services, as well as wear and spare parts and components for the comminution circuit. Metso will also maintain auxiliary equipment for the whole comminution circuit from the gyratory crusher to the hydrocyclones. RMK)was founded in 2004. It produces copper concentrate, copper cathodes and copper rods. The startup of the first plant of Tominsky GOK is planned for the fourth quarter of 2016.