Metso to supply grinding equipment to Minera Petaquilla

Metso Minerals, a global engineering and technology company, has won a contract valued at approximately EUR 48 million to supply grinding equipment to Minera Petaquilla, S.A. in Panama.

Metso will complete the delivery of equipment by mid-2011.

Minera Petaquilla, S.A., a joint venture company developing its deposit in the Republic of Panama, requires the equipment for its Petaquilla copper mine, located approximately 100 kilometres west of the Panama Canal.

The order comprises two SAG mills of 38 ft in diameter by 24.8 ft in length and four ball mills of 24 ft in diameter and 40.5 ft in length. The order also includes auxiliary equipment and spare parts.