:: Metso to Supply Grinding Equipment to Minera Petaquilla in Panama

Metso Minerals will supply grinding equipment to Minera Petaquilla, S.A. in Panama for its Petaquilla copper mine, located approximately 100 kilometers west of the Panama Canal. The delivery will be completed by the middle of 2011. The value of the order is approximately EUR 48 million.

The order comprises two SAG mills of 38 ft in diameter by 24.8 ft in length and four ball mills of 24 ft in diameter and 40.5 ft in length. The order also includes auxiliary equipment and spare parts.

Minera Petaquilla, S.A. is a joint venture company developing its deposit in the Republic of Panama. The company is owned by Inmet Mining Corporation, Petaquilla Copper Ltd. and Teck Cominco Ltd.