FLSmidth has signed a DKK950 million contract with ShalkiyaZinc to provide mineral processing gear, including mill circuit pumps, for a greenfield zinc-lead concentrator at its zinc and lead mine within the Kyzylorda region of Kazakhstan.
The tools will remodel the plant into a world-class facility that effectively separates minerals with a minimised environmental impact.
FLSmidth will provide two underground crushing stations with a supplies dealing with system to the process plant, a full package deal 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, focus thickeners, and Pneumapress filters, reagents preparation and dosing space. Full plant automation can additionally 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 shall be accomplished during 2024, with commissioning set to begin by the tip of that year.
“We are excited to obtain this first order from ShalkiyaZinc, which highlights our full flowsheet expertise,” says Mikko Keto, Group CEO at FLSmidth. “The wide selection of apparatus included in the order will assist ShalkiyaZinc save on both CAPEX and OPEX; our new nextSTEP flotation know-how will enhance the standard of the concentrates, the SAG mill will present extra flexibility, whereas the automation and digital solutions will further allow water and power financial savings alongside safer operations.”
“After pressure gauge 2.5 นิ้ว and fundamental design work executed by FLSmidth, we’re happy to enter this new phase of collaboration with the procurement of critical technologies to enhance the productiveness and sustainability of our plant,” says Assel Rakhimova, chief project director of Tau-Ken Samruk. “We consider in successful execution and look ahead to receiving the ordered tools according to the schedule for installation and to proceed working with FLSmidth on commissioning services and spare components.”
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