Metso Corporation Stock Exchange Release January 24, 2007 at 2.00 p.m.
Metso to supply bulk materials handling equipment to Alcoa in Brazil
Metso Minerals will supply bulk materials handling equipment to Alcoa for its
Juruti Mine in Pará state, northern Brazil. The delivery will be completed by the
end of 2007. The value of the order is approximately EUR 35 million. The order
was included in the fourth quarter order backlog in 2006.
The order comprises one ship loader, three stackers, one reclaimer, two apron
feeders, five vibrating screens, one railcar dumper and conveying systems. The
order also includes technical erection assistance and a technical supervision of
operations for 2 years after the start up of the plant.
Metso's solution is for a new bauxite processing plant. The Juruti Mine will
supply bauxite to the Alumar Refinery. Once completed, the processing plant will
bring a major competitive advantage to Alcoa.
Alcoa is the world's leader in aluminum smelting capacity, and the world's second
largest producer of aluminum. The company has 129,000 employees in 43 countries.
In Brazil, Alcoa has eight production facilities.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of
approximately EUR 4.2 billion. Its 25,000 employees in more than 50 countries
serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the
energy industry and selected other industries.
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For further information about the order, please contact:
Eduardo Kubric, General Sales Manager, Mineral Processing, South America,
tel. +55 15 2102 1636
Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 20 484 3253
Metso Corporation
Olli Vaartimo Kati Renvall
Executive Vice President and CFO Vice President,
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