The full delivery of minerals processing equipment to the Qulong copper mine covers engineering, a full scope of advanced minerals processing equipment and advanced process control system including 6 crushers, 8 semi-autogenous grinding mills and 8 ball mills, 8 stirred mills, 4 vertical plate pressure filters and 16 vibrating screens, as well as related services like installation, start-up, commissioning and technical direction. The total value of the contracts is not disclosed. Metso has already booked EUR 51 million in the second quarter of 2015 and the rest is expected to be booked during 2016-18.

The Qulong copper mine, owned and operated by Tibet Julong Copper Co. Ltd., has a proven copper metal reserve of more than 7 million tons. The in-the-pit mining and concentrator operations will be located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The mine is built in three phases during 2016 - 2018. After its completion, the mine will be China`s largest and most modern copper mine with an annual design production capacity of 560 000 tons of copper and a daily processing capacity of 300 kilotons of ore. The mine is estimated to be in production in 2018.

-18th China(Guangzhou)Int’l Non-Ferrous Metal（Copper）Exhibition