Metso has won orders to deliver dewatering solutions to a customer developing greenfield and brownfield potash projects in Belarus. Metso’s deliveries consist of inclined plate settler (IPS) units used for thickening in different applications. The orders are booked in Metso’s third-quarter 2018 orders received.

“Metso is fully committed to delivering resource- and eco-efficient solutions to our customers. This means maximising recovery value, while reducing environmental impacts and total cost of operations. We are proud of our customer’s continued confidence in our thickening technologies,” says Victor Tapia, President of Metso’s Mining Equipment business area.

The Metso IPS is a modular and compact sedimentation and dewatering system utilising lamella clarification technology. Using parallel inclined plates to minimise floor area occupation, the Metso IPS reduces retention time and lowers installation costs, also enabling greater capacity compared to conventional thickeners. The lamella technology also reduces the environmental impact, thanks to less use of chemicals in the process.