FLSmidth has signed a DKK950 million contract with ShalkiyaZinc to supply mineral processing tools, including mill circuit pumps, for a greenfield zinc-lead concentrator at its zinc and lead mine within the Kyzylorda area of Kazakhstan.
The gear will remodel the plant right into a world-class facility that efficiently separates minerals with a minimised environmental impression.
FLSmidth will provide two underground crushing stations with a supplies handling system to the method plant, a full package deal of comminution and separation gear, together with SAG and ball mills, mill circuit pumps and cyclones, the zinc-lead focus flotation and regrinding circuit, including nextSTEP, VXP vertical mills, focus thickeners, and Pneumapress filters, reagents preparation and dosing area. Full plant automation can additionally be included, in addition to set up and commissioning supervision services. The new concentrator shall be supported from FLSmidth’s new service supercentre in Karaganda.
เกจ์อาร์กอนsumo will be completed during 2024, with commissioning set to begin by the tip of that yr.
“We are excited to obtain this first order from ShalkiyaZinc, which highlights our full flowsheet expertise,” says Mikko Keto, Group CEO at FLSmidth. “The wide range of kit included in the order will assist ShalkiyaZinc save on both CAPEX and OPEX; our new nextSTEP flotation technology will enhance the quality of the concentrates, the SAG mill will provide extra flexibility, while the automation and digital options will additional enable water and energy financial savings alongside safer operations.”
“After testing and basic design work executed by FLSmidth, we are happy to enter this new part of collaboration with the procurement of critical applied sciences to enhance the productiveness and sustainability of our plant,” says Assel Rakhimova, chief venture director of Tau-Ken Samruk. “We believe in profitable execution and look ahead to receiving the ordered gear in accordance with the schedule for installation and to proceed working with FLSmidth on commissioning companies and spare elements.”
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