Nordic Mining partners with Metso Outotec for comminution circuit for Engebø Rutile and Garnet

Nordic Mining ASA (“Nordic Mining” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Nordic Rutile AS (“Nordic Rutile”) has entered into an agreement with Metso Outotec, a leading supplier of sustainable end-to-end technologies, solutions, and services for the minerals industry globally, for delivery of a comprehensive comminution technology package for the Engebø Rutile and Garnet project.

The technology package includes delivery of primary and secondary mills, stack sizer and vibrating screens. The agreements include pre-production pilot scale confirmatory testwork and minimum 3-year collaborative optimization agreement focusing on securing ramp-up of production to design criteria and ongoing optimization of the comminution circuit the first years of production. This is the first major contract for critical process equipment and will represent up to 30% of the total process equipment expenditure.

Metso Outotec will be the main technology provider for comminution circuit for Engebø Rutile and Garnet, which delivery includes the crushers as part of the lump-sum Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract with Nordic Bulk AS.  

“This is another important milestone for the Engebø Project. We are very pleased to partner with Metso Outotec as technology provider for this vital process equipment”, says CEO Ivar S. Fossum.

“Engebø is the first green field industrial mineral production site developed in Norway in almost 40 years. We are proud of being selected as a supplier and partner in making this project successful”, says Vice President, Sales and Services Nordic in Metso Outotec, Roar Vasbø.

For further information, please contact Operations Director - Engebø Rutile and Garnet, Kenneth Nakken Angedal, telephone +47 926 40 645 or Project Director, Terje Gundersen, telephone +47 944 36 710.

Oslo, 8 December 2022
Nordic Mining ASA

Nordic Mining ASA (www.nordicmining.com)

Nordic Mining ASA (“Nordic Mining” or the “Company”) is a resource company with focus on high-end industrial minerals and metals. The Company’s project portfolio is of high international standard and holds significant economic potential. The Company’s assets are in the Nordic region.

Nordic Mining is undertaking a large-scale project development at Engebø on the west coast of Norway where the Company has rights and permits to a substantial eclogite deposit with rutile and garnet. In addition, Nordic Mining holds interests in other initiatives at various stages of development. This includes patented rights for a new technology for production of alumina and exploration of seabed minerals.

Nordic Mining is listed on Euronext Expand Oslo with ticker symbol “NOM”.