FLSmidth has signed a DKK950 million contract with ShalkiyaZinc to supply mineral processing equipment, together with mill circuit pumps, for a greenfield zinc-lead concentrator at its zinc and lead mine within the Kyzylorda area of Kazakhstan.
The equipment will transform the plant right into a world-class facility that efficiently separates minerals with a minimised environmental impression.
FLSmidth will provide two underground crushing stations with a materials handling system to the process plant, a full package of comminution and separation tools, including SAG and ball mills, mill circuit pumps and cyclones, the zinc-lead focus flotation and regrinding circuit, together with nextSTEP, VXP vertical mills, concentrate thickeners, and Pneumapress filters, reagents preparation and dosing space. Full plant automation can also be included, as well as set up and commissioning supervision companies. The new concentrator shall be supported from FLSmidth’s new service supercentre in Karaganda.
Equipment delivery will be completed throughout 2024, with commissioning set to begin by the top of that 12 months.
“We are excited to receive this first order from ShalkiyaZinc, which highlights our full flowsheet expertise,” says Mikko Keto, Group CEO at FLSmidth. “The big selection of equipment included within the order will assist ShalkiyaZinc save on each CAPEX and OPEX; our new nextSTEP flotation technology will improve the standard of the concentrates, the SAG mill will provide more flexibility, whereas the automation and digital options will additional allow water and energy financial savings alongside safer operations.”
“After testing and primary design work executed by FLSmidth, we are pleased to enter this new section of collaboration with the procurement of important technologies to enhance the productivity and sustainability of our plant,” says Assel Rakhimova, chief project director of Tau-Ken Samruk. “ เครื่องมือวัดpressure imagine in successful execution and look forward to receiving the ordered tools in accordance with the schedule for installation and to continue working with FLSmidth on commissioning companies and spare components.”
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