Finland-based Outotec has been awarded a contract by China’s Shangdong Province Metallurgical Engineering Co (SDM) for the delivery of process equipment to the Iron Concentrate Project Sangan in North-Eastern Iran.

The contract valued at approximately €10 million ($11.9 million) and the order has been booked in Outotec's 2016 second quarter order intake, said a statement from the company.

The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) owns the Sangan mines and SDM is their engineering partner, it said.

Outotec's scope of work includes the design and delivery of thickeners and filter presses as well as related installation supervision and commissioning services including spare parts, it added.

The new iron processing plant will process annually 5 million tonnes of ore. The equipment will be delivered mostly during the second quarter of 2017, it said in a statement.

Kalle Härkki, head of Outotec's Minerals Processing business unit, said: “We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to deliver the main dewatering process equipment to the second phase of the Sangan Iron project.”

“Our comprehensive portfolio of dewatering equipment enables us to tailor efficient and environmentally sound solutions and services for iron ore processing,” he said. – TradeArabia News Service