Metso Minerals bags orders from JSW Steel & BMM

crushing steel Metso Minerals , a leading global supplier of equipment, service and processsolutions for rock and minerals processing , today announced the bagging of two new orders one worth Rs 72.5crore (EUR 11 million) for supply of an iron ore induration machineto JSW Steel Ltd. and another order of Rs 44.5 crore (EUR 6.75 million) for supply of equipment and basic engineering to Bharat Mines andMinerals (BMM) Ispat, respectively. The iron ore induration machine will be delivered to JSW Steel Ltd.for its plant in Vijayanager, (Toranagallu) in the Bellary district of Karnataka. The order comprises a 464 square meter induration machine with 177 pelletcars with a feed rate of approx. 375 tonnes per hour of iron orepellets. The supply of equipment and basic engineering to BMM Ispat will beto beneficiate iron ore fines through gravity separation and highgradient magnetic separation at its plant site at Danapur, Hospet-Bellary in Karnataka. The plant is designed totreat 250 tph of -10 mm of iron ore fines that is produced in aCrushing and Screening Plant and then fed to Open Stockpile forStorage and Buffer. Speaking on the twin orders, Andrew Lewis, Senior Vice President,Mining Business Line, Metso Minerals India , said, We are proud to receive these prestigious orders from JSWand BMM Ispat and we are delighted to be associated with them.These orders reinforce our capabilities as a leader in this sector.Client requirements are moving towards more technologicallyefficient solutions. Metso Minerals aims to respond to their needsby strengthening its presence, capabilities and capacity to supplyin India and provide optimal service solutions. Mr Pawan Kedia, Group President (Commercial), JSW Steel, said,With the iron ore induration machine supplied by Metso Minerals,we hope to add the new edge technology to our capacity. This is arepeat order we have placed on Metso Minerals for similartechnology that we bought almost 8 yeas back. The addition of Metsoto our growing list of global suppliers strongly positions us for asustained growth of our business in a competitive market. Mr Dinesh Singhi, Managing Director & CEO, BMM Ispat Ltd, said,This is our repeat order for a similar plant supplied by MetsoMinerals in 2007 which has been successfully commissioned. Withthese plants by Metso, BMM Ispat capacity goes upto 3 mtpa and weaim to strengthen our position as a steel player and grow further. Metso Minerals recently also won a Rs 112-crore order from Essar Steel Ltd for an iron induration machine. The company last yearannounced the expansion of its office premises and manufacturingand foundry capacities in India with a combined investment of EUR 12.5 million. Metso is alsoinvesting approximately EUR 30 million in India to set up " Metso Park ", a multi-functional industrial facility in Alwar, Rajasthan.