Metso to deliver concentrator and effluent treatment plants for Sibanye-Stillwater’s Keliber lithium project in Finland
Metso Corporation’s press release on October 06, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EEST
Sibanye-Stillwater’s subsidiary Keliber has signed a contract with Metso for the delivery of an effluent treatment plant for Keliber’s lithium hydroxide refinery to be built in Kokkola, Finland. The typical value of this type of order is approximately EUR 15-25 million. In addition, the remaining portion of approximately EUR 40 million, covering the equipment for Keliber’s concentrator plant in Kaustinen, Finland, announced on December 19, 2022, will be booked in the Minerals segment’s third-quarter 2023 orders received.
Metso’s scope of delivery for the effluent treatment plant includes the engineering, procurement and supply of the equipment for the full process, as well as advisory services. The key equipment to be delivered for the plant consists of OKTOP® Atmospheric Reactors enabling the precipitation of impurities and the recovery of lithium, an electrochemical water treatment unit for arsenic removal, as well as an inclined plate settler and Metso’s Planet Positive Larox® PF filters and FP pressure filters for efficient dewatering. For the concentrator plant, Metso will supply all key process equipment from crushing to dewatering.
Metso has decades of global experience in water treatment processes in industrial effluent, mining and municipal sectors, and has delivered more than 30 water treatment plants around the world.
Read more about Metso’s offering for industrial water treatment, battery minerals and mining on our website.
Further information:
Hannele Vuorimies, Vice President, Global Solution Sales, Metso, tel. +358 40 187 6060, email: hannele.vuorimies(at)mogroup.com
Helena Marjaranta, Vice President, Communications and Brand, Metso, tel. +358 20 484 3212, email: helena.marjaranta(at)mogroup.com
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