The domestic firm Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group has awarded FLSmidth with a USD 105 million contract to supply a greenfield copper concentrator for a mine some 500 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.

FLSmidth will supply MAK with a 40,000-tons-a-day copper concentrator including proprietary FLSmidth technology for all processes in the plant. The recently acquired Knelson Dswik fine grinding mill will be utilized for concentrate re-grind. The supplier will also give an automated control system, basic and detailed plant and process engineering (and related supervision), and start-up and commissioning services.

“Mongolia holds vast deposits of natural resources and being able to deliver state-of-the-art technology, as with this contract, we are able to strengthen our position and footprint in this increasingly important market,” said Jorgen Huno Rasmussen, FLSmidth chief executive officer.

FLSmidth will also open a new materials supply center in both the capital and the Gobi Desert, as it enters the Mongolian market to bridge a supply gap between China and Mongolia.