Mechanical Technology may 2015

⎪ Materials handling and minerals processing ⎪

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

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 Megaliner TM 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

M etso has signed a three-year contract to take complete re- sponsibility for the supply, installation and optimisation of the mill

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

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Mechanical Technology — May 2015