Outotec has been awarded a contract by Houndé Gold Operation SA, a subsidiary of Endeavour Mining Corporation, for the delivery of process equipment to the greenfield Houndé gold project in Burkina Faso. Outotec’s contract value is approximately €13 million and the order has been booked in the second quarter 2016 order intake.

Outotec’s scope of work includes the design and delivery of a 6 MW SAG grinding mill, a 6 MW ball mill, a pre-leach thickener, and services including spare parts. The new plant will process annually 3 Mt of ore. The equipment will be delivered during the second quarter of 2017 to ensure the first pour of gold for by the end of 2017. “Outotec has a large portfolio of offerings for treating various gold ores. We are pleased have been the opportunity to deliver our energy efficient grinding mills and advanced thickener technology to Endeavour’s Houndé gold project”, says Kalle Härkki, head of Outotec’s Minerals Processing Business Unit.