Harmony selects Metso for Eva Copper Mine equipment delivery in Queensland

Mining institution Harmony has selected Metso to present instrumentality astatine the Eva Copper Mine, marking a important measurement successful the improvement of the greenfield copper concentrator task successful Queensland, Australia.

The order, valued astatine astir €55m, volition spot Metso proviso halfway processing instrumentality to enactment the mine’s operations and semipermanent accumulation targets.

The Eva Copper Mine Project, acquired successful December 2022 by Harmony, is located successful Cloncurry, adjacent Mount Isa successful north-west Queensland.

The tract lies connected the accepted lands of the Kalkadoon People.

The task is considered captious to Australia’s proviso of future-facing metals, with its updated feasibility survey released past month.

Following the affirmative last concern determination (FID), Harmony is acceptable to make the Eva Copper Project, which according to the institution is expected to go Queensland’s largest caller excavation and the fourth-largest copper excavation successful Australia.

The excavation is forecast to nutrient astir 60,000 tonnes of copper and 14,000oz of golden annually implicit an estimated 15-year excavation life.

The task aims to trim operational hazard done a mechanised, open-pit mining attack and a accepted copper concentrator process.

The bid from Harmony has been booked successful the third-quarter 2025 orders for Metso’s Minerals segment.

Metso’s instrumentality transportation volition see a gearless Premier SAG mill with 24MW of installed power, a Premier duplicate pinion shot mill with 18MW of power, and associated mill linings and spares.

For pebble crushing, Harmony has chosen 2 MP800 cone crushers. According to Metso, these are recognised for their show and reliability successful demanding applications.

The flotation circuit astatine Eva Copper volition diagnostic 15 Metso TankCell flotation cells and a Vertimill VTM3000.

A Metso Courier 6X SL slurry analyser volition connection real-time assaying of copper arsenic good arsenic different elements successful the slurry.

Additionally, a Metso PSI 500i Particle Size Analyser, on with Metso MillSense, volition let speedy on-line investigation connected the show of grinding operations.

For ore and tailings management, Harmony has selected 20m ore and 65m tailings thickeners, some equipped with Metso’s Reactorwell to chopped down flocculant usage and boost h2o recovery.

The process volition beryllium further supported by a afloat automated Metso Larox PF filter to guarantee a dry, accordant and homogenous ore product.

Most of the instrumentality supplied to Harmony is portion of the Metso Plus portfolio.

Metso Minerals Asia-Pacific vice-president Kai Rönnberg said: “We are highly arrogant to person been chosen by Harmony. From archetypal illustration test-work astatine our Perth Technology Centre to optimising the instrumentality selection, it has been a pleasance to collaborate with Harmony connected this project. Even much breathtaking is the semipermanent concern to guarantee palmy instrumentality transportation and lowest full outgo of ownership during operations.”