Metso to deliver a high-capacity grinding mill to Bomboré gold mine
Metso Corporation’s press release on December 19, 2023, at 09:00 a.m. EET
Orezone Gold Corporation has awarded Metso an order for an 18MW SAG mill for the Phase II Expansion at their Bomboré Gold mine in Burkina Faso.
“The PremierTM SAG (semi autogenous) mill to be delivered to Bomboré is part of our Planet Positive offering thanks to its energy efficiency. This high-capacity SAG mill, which will be one of the largest gear driven mills installed in Africa, is based on proven technology. It features an efficient LSS drive, and a Polymer Hydrostatic Shoe Bearing (HSB) system, which significantly improves radial and axial bearing reliability and longevity. It is also equipped with the Metso MillSense™ mill charge sensor system, which helps to stabilize and optimize the grinding process to ensure reliable operation and increased throughput,” says Christoph Hoetzel, SVP, Grinding business line at Metso.
Metso offers the industry’s widest range of horizontal grinding mills, including Premier™ and Select™ mills. They can be easily integrated with Metso’s mill relining equipment and are supported by the company’s extensive services network to ensure optimization during the mills’ lifetime. Metso also offers the market’s most comprehensive mill linings range and relining services, with materials and designs optimized for each specific application.
Discover more about Metso’s grinding technology and Planet Positive approach.
Further information, please contact:
Christoph Hoetzel, Senior Vice President, Grinding, tel. +61 477 330 679, email: christoph.hoetzel(at)metso.com
Helena Marjaranta, Vice President, Communications and Brand, Metso, tel. +358 20 484 3212, email: helena.marjaranta(at)metso.com
Metso is a frontrunner in providing sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. By helping our customers increase their productivity, improve their energy and water efficiency and environmental performance with our process and product expertise, we are the partner for positive change.
Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Metso employs over 16,000 people in close to 50 countries and sales for 2022 were about EUR 5.3 billion. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. metso.com, x.com/metsoofficial
