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20 Mechanical Technology — May 2015
⎪ Materials handling and minerals processing ⎪
Metso has signed a three-year
contract to take complete re-
sponsibility for the supply,
installation and optimisation of the mill
Metso has signed a three-year life-cycle service agreement with the Kevitsa copper
and nickel mine in Sodankylä, Finland. Kevitsa is owned by Canada-based First
Quantum Minerals (FQM). Central to the agreement is Metso’s commitment to reduce
production downtime associated with mill liner changes and maximise grinding
efficiency over the life of the contract.
Life-cycle service agreement for mill availability
liners at Kevitsa, one of FQM’s nickel-
copper-platinum group elements (PGE)
mines. Metso and Kevitsa’s common
goal is to increase the mill’s availability
and production efficiency and to reduce
the total cost of ownership so as to help
increase mine profitability.
“This solution will raise our utilisation
rate to a new level and will contribute
significantly to our sustainable competi-
tiveness in the challenging market situa-
tion,” says Timo Ikäheimonen, planning
manager at FQM’s Kevitsa Mine.
As part of the service agreement,
Metso aims to increase the time between
shutdowns through optimisation of wear
parts’ selection as well as decreasing the
duration of shutdowns. Metso will reduce
shutdown times through advanced plan-
ning and the delivery of its patented
MegalinerTM grinding mill wear parts.
Thanks to the fast installation process of
Metso’s Megaliner, downtime is reduced.
Additionally, the use of Megaliner parts
in grinding mills increases work safety
as the attachment parts are inserted
from outside of the mill. With this set-up
there is no need for workers to be in the
danger-zone of the liners while installing
liner bolts.
“With this FQM Kevitsa mine coopera-
tion agreement, we aim to reduce the
concentrator plant downtime, secure
Megaliner is a new, innovative mill-lining concept, dramatically improving worker safety and maximising
mill availability. Each liner covers a large area, has few attachment components and a unique attachment
system, which provides a safer working environment for the installation crew.
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