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Sandvik Mining and Construction has signed a major contract with Boral Limited, an international Building and Construction materials supplier in Australia. The order includes design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new quarry plant for Boral’s Peppertree site which is situated in New South Wales.
The value of the contract is close to 500 MSEK and the project is expected to start during the third quarter of 2011 and to end in the third quarter of 2013.
Boral’s primary purpose of the project is to provide new production and dispatch capability for the supply of coarse and fine aggregates. This material will be used in pre-mixed concrete, concrete products and asphalt production in the greater Sydney region. Sandvik is to supply a full range of screening, crushing and train dispatch equipment.
“To be awarded this major order clearly demonstrates the strength of Sandvik Mining and Construction’s equipment in Australia and our ability of providing the best solutions to overcome complicated process problems. The environmental, health and safety (EHS) aspects of the plant has been critical issues for Boral and one reason for nominating us this order is because of the safety features incorporated in our design when it comes to maintenance and operating safety”, says Thomas Schulz, president of product segment Construction in business area Sandvik Mining and Construction.
Sandviken, 27 September 2011
Sandvik Aktiebolag (publ)
Sandvik AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 08.30 a.m. on 27 September 2011.
For further information, contact Thomas Schulz, president of product segment Construction in business area Sandvik Mining and Construction, tel +65 64776202 or Jan Lissåker, Vice President Investor Relations, Sandvik AB, tel +46 26 26 10 23.
Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and world-leading positions in selected areas – tools for metal cutting, equipment and tools for the mining and construction industries, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance materials as well as process systems. In 2010, the Group had about 47,000 employees and representation in 130 countries, with annual sales of nearly 83,000 MSEK.
Sandvik Mining and Construction is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading global supplier of equipment, cemented-carbide tools, service and technical solutions for the excavation and sizing of rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Annual sales in 2010 amounted to about 35,200 MSEK, with approximately 15,500 employees.
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Quarry Equipment
Sandvik. It is really a good company for mining.