Metso has been awarded additional orders for the delivery of crushing, grinding, automation, and pump plant equipment for South32’s greenfield Hermosa project in the Patagonia Mountains in southern Arizona. Part of the order was booked in the Minerals segment’s 2024 third- and fourth-quarter order intake, and the balance is booked in the first quarter of 2025.

Metso’s scope of delivery includes a Nordberg® HP pebble crusher, Vertimill® regrind mills, Courier® on-stream analysers, PSI® particle size analysers, LSA and MSA samplers, VF Series vertical froth pumps, MD Series mill discharge pumps, Orion Series slurry pumps, and VS Series sump pumps.

“Metso’s sustainable plant equipment technologies are designed for ease of use and operation. For example, Metso offers a wide range of industry proven Metso Plus pumps technologies that continually improve operational efficiency, offer environmental benefits, and establish us as a trusted asset lifecycle partner for South32,” says Tiago Oliveira, Vice President, Pumps Business Line at Metso.

“We are very pleased once again to be supporting South32 in their development focus to supply critical minerals like zinc and manganese in the USA. We are committed to supporting South32 in this endeavour with our Metso Plus equipment and our expanding service repair facility in Mesa, Arizona,” says Tim Robinson, Vice President, Minerals Sales in North and Central America (NCA) at Metso.