Metso has signed a contract with Codelco to supply large cone crushers for a process improvement project at Chuquicamata division. Metso will supply three of the biggest cone crushers it has ever manufactured.The contract, with a value exceeding €9 million, also includes an automatic control system for the crushers delivered by Metso. The operational weight of one MP1250 series cone crusher exceeds 150 t, and the crusher can process up to 1,800 t/h in secondary position for this application.

“We are very excited to receive this order. Codelco Chuquicamata is one of the most important mining companies in Chile, and they chose Metso’s cone crushers to increase capacity in their division”, comments Renato Verdejo, Manager, Crushing and Screening Capital Equipment South Cone, Metso. This delivery to Codelco Chuquicamata will be completed within the last quarter of 2012.

The total project delivery comprises three Nordberg MP^®1250 cone crushers. The MP1250 continues the success of the MP 1000 and MP 800 using the same footprint as the MP 1000, but delivering up to 25% increase in capacity.
With an increased power rated up to 932 kW, the MP1250 performs more work per crushing cycle, and its power-to-production ratio exceeds that of its similarly sized competitors in the market, Metso says.

Codelco is the largest mining company in Chile. Chuquicamata division operates two copper and molybdenum producing mines, named Chuquicamata and Mina Sur. By excavation volume, Chuquicamata mine is the world’s largest open pit copper mine, Metso says.