:: Outotec to Modernize KGHM's Copper Smelter in Poland

Outotec has agreed with KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. on the modernization of KGHM's HM Glogow II copper flash smelting furnace in Poland. The value of the contract is over EUR 10 million.

Outotec's scope of delivery covers the engineering, supply of proprietary equipment for concentrate feeding and auxiliary burners, a waste heat boiler, automation as well as commissioning and other related services.

KGHM Polska Miedz is using Outotec's Direct Blister Flash Smelting technology in its copper smelters in Poland. The company is now intensifying its smelter operations and increasing its annual production capacity to 230,000 tonnes of copper. The modernized plant is scheduled to be commissioned in August 2009.