Benefits

Fully integrated solution offering with

optimized total expenditure for
the entire operation lifecycle
Extensive range of proven technologies
Total offering from initial mineralogical and
metallurgical testing to complete operating
plant within single-point responsibility
Experienced staff with operating
background within interfaces
Global process and plant service
Outotec provides the mining industry with complete
mineral processing solutions tailored to the specific
needs of the customer. The comprehensive offering of
various technologies enables virtually all ore types to
be treated efficiently and profitably.
With more than a century of experience in the mining
sector and a mindset to continuously develop new and
innovative technology, Outotec has the expertise and
capability for designing, supplying, and constructing
modern state-of-the-art mineral processing plants with
fast and reliable ramp-up to meet any requirement.
Outotecs global network ensures close collaboration
with customers worldwide during the entire plant
lifecycle.
Outotec

Mineral
Processing Solutions
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Outotec provides front-line process solutions for a wide
variety of mineral processing applications:
Base metals
Precious metals
Iron ore
Chromite and ilmenite ores
Different industrial minerals
Smelter slags
Outotec offers solutions from equipment to complete
production plants, always tailor-made to the customers
needs. Outotec's competitive edge is based on our
extensive mineral processing experience combined
with our proven technologies. In-depth process and
industry knowledge with hundreds of plant references
make us a unique strategic partner for our customers.
The expertise of two Outotec in-house R&D centers
is utilized in designing process solutions. The R&D
centers are specialized in minerals processing,
metals production and technology development. These
research facilities have state-of-the-art laboratories
and pilot plants for the most demanding testwork
Mineral processing applications
purposes in minerals processing and extractive
metallurgy. Outotec's HSC Chemistry

software offers
a modern way for simulating processes by using the
data received from the test work.
Outotecs capability to combine process and automation
design is vitally important in ensuring that the process
is controlled as intended. The provision of automation,
process design and project management from Outotec
eliminates expensive and restrictive interfaces during
implementation.
Outotecs minerals processing technology has been
developed to produce concentrates of every category
with maximum efficiency. Outotec has developed
and manufactured some of the worlds most efficient
and reliable equipment and has the ability to provide
integrated process design and deliver processing
plants with almost any level of automation. Outotec is
the partner of choice offering technically, economically,
and environmentally sustainable solutions to meet the
customers needs.
Sustainability
Outotecs most significant contribution to
sustainability is made through the solutions
we provide to our customers, enabling them to
do business in a more environmentally friendly
manner and respond to increasingly tight
environmental regulation. We provide minerals
processing solutions and operational excellence
that cover the entire lifecycle of a plant, whether
greenfield or an existing installation.
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Complex sulphide ores
Complex sulphide ores contain more than one single
valuable metal sulphide mineral each to be separated
into its own individual concentrate. The most common
method is flotation, using various sulphydryl collectors,
pH control, and a selection of depressants. Generally,
the ore is ground in two stages after which the ground
pulp is subjected to conditioning followed by individual
flotation stages to produce different concentrates that
are then dewatered to optimum transport moisture.
Porphyry copper ores
The main sources of global primary copper are
porphyry copper mines; the largest typically treat tens
of millions of tons of ore annually. The requirement
to handle these massive capacities demands large-
scale equipment, meaning fewer units with a smaller
footprint to conserve energy, reduce maintenance and
manpower costs, and through functional automation
systems limit the environmental burden.
Ore
SAG Mill
HIG mill
Cu Cleaner otation
Cleaner 2
Pressure Filter
Ball Mill
Cyclones
Tailings Thickener
Concentrate Thickener
Cu Concentrate
Cu otation
Tailings
Example of beneficiation of Porphyry Copper ore
Example of beneficiation of Copper-Zinc-Pyrite ore
Ore
SAGMill
Ball Mill
Cu Flotation Pyrite otation Zn Flotation
Cu Cleaner otation
TC1
TC2
TC3
Zn Cleaner otation
Cu Pressure lter Zn Pressure lter
Cu Thickener
Zn Thickener
Py Thickener
HIGmill
Tailing Thickener
Py Pressure lter
Tailings
Py Concentrate
Zn Concentrate Cu Concentrate
Py Cleaner otation
Iron ores
Where direct shipping of iron ore lumps is not possible
due to the low grade, iron ores are mainly processed
by crushing, grinding, screening, classification,
gravity separation, magnetic separation and flotation
technologies. The main iron minerals, magnetite and
hematite, are separated from gangue minerals using
the following core technologies: for magnetite ores, low
intensity magnetic separation and flotation to remove
mainly sulphides and silicates; and for hematite ores,
scrubbing, desliming, gravity separation, high intensity
magnetic separation, and flotation to remove mainly
silicates including clay.
Outotec supplies complete beneficiation plants for
different types of iron ores globally. In order to develop
a process flow sheet, the mineralogical, physical, and
chemical properties of the raw material generally need
to be defined at first. Furthermore, it is essential to
carry out laboratory and pilot scale test work. Based
on extensive test work, Outotec is able to give process
guarantees for the process solutions we deliver.
Example of beneficiation of Hematite ores
SLON separator
Hindered Settler
Spirals
Concentrate Thickener
Tailings Thickener
Tailings Filtration
Regrinding Mill Ball mill
HIG mill
LIMS
Flotation
Ore
Hematite concentrate
Tailings disposal
Concentrate Filter
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The demand for ever increasing capacities requires
reliable and high throughput machinery. The Outotec
range of equipment meet the requirements of any
application. Outotec offers an extensive selection
of grinding mills, flotation cells, and dewatering
equipment with a high level of automation and process
control to optimize plant performance.
Grinding mills
Outotec's comminution equipment includes Autogenous
(AG) mills, Semi-autogenous (SAG) mills, rod mills, ball
mills, and pebble mills. A wide variety of mill designs
are available to suit customer requirements in either
greenfield projects or existing operations as expansions
or upgrades.
Outotec expanded its grinding mill product family with
the Outotec High Intensity Grinding Mill
TM
(Outotec
HIGMill
TM
) for fine, ultra fine, and regrind milling
applications.
Proprietary equipment for
mineral processing solutions
The Outotec Turbo Pulp Lifter (TPL) makes the
grinding process more efficient in SAG and AG mills,
as the primary grinding process can be intensified.
TPL is an environmentally friendly technology and is
used to ensure efficient material transport to achieve
high energy efficiency. Better energy efficiency in the
grinding process can create significant cost savings in
the concentration process.
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Flotation machines
Outotec sets new standards in superior flotation
performance; aeration and mixing, froth manipulation, and
recovery, for every flotation task. Our flotation solutions are
tailor-made to customers' needs; be it a question of flotation
packages with support services, modular process sections
or concentrator solutions. FloatForce

, Outotecs innovative
flotation mechanism, improves metallurgical performance
and reduces the energy consumption of flotation operations.
This rotor-stator design can be directly retrofitted to
Outotecs OK, TankCell

and SkimAir

flotation cells to
improve their mixing profiles and solids suspension.
Every stage in the flotation circuit is customized, be it roughing,
scavenging or cleaning. The Outotec offering consists of the
worlds widest range of flotation cell sizes from 5 to 500
m
3
universally known for excellent metallurgical selectivity
and energy efficiency. The new TankCell e500 provides lower
capital expenditure due to lower equipment costs, savings
in plant footprint, less installation work with less auxiliary
equipment, lower energy consumption, and fewer units per
installation results in fewer components and spare parts,
and less maintenance.
Thickeners
Outotec is a global leader in the design, fabrication, and
supply of thickening and clarifying solutions for the minerals
industry. The Outotec

High Rate Thickener has pioneered

thickening and clarifying methods around the world.
A number of significant thickening advances include low
profile triangular rake arms to reduce rake torque, Outotec
Directional Autodil and Outotec Turbodil the worlds
first thickening systems to auto-dilute feed, thereby
optimizing performance and flocculant consumption,
Outotec FrothBuster deaerator to reduce the amount
of froth forming on the surface of thickeners, automatic
de-scaling of thickener rakes, and the complete redesign
of thickener drives to use low-cost, efficient epicyclic
gearboxes. Outotec Vane Feedwell incorporates a
cutting-edge design and is the major innovation in the
thickening industry. One of many design features is the
interconnected upper and lower zones.
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Filters
Outotec is a leading industrial filtration solutions provider
with full after sales services for solid-liquid separation.
Mining and metallurgy, chemical process, and related
industries benefit from our high-efficiency process
technologies, products, and solutions.
Outotec filtration technologies are based either on over-
pressure, including automatic vertical pressure filters,
horizontal filter presses, and polishing filters, or on under-
pressure, including horizontal vacuum belt filters, ceramic
disc filters, and conventional vacuum disc and drum filters.
Most of the products have served the markets for several
decades and all are supported by Outotec services.
Analyzers and automation
Outotec is a leading supplier of intelligent instruments,
sampling systems, and advanced process automation
for mineral and metal processing industries. Among
the most well known Outotec products in this field are
Outotec Courier

on-stream XRF analyzers that enable

the real-time assaying of slurry process streams of all
types of mineral processing plants. On-line particle size
analysis by Outotec PSI

, combined with advanced control

enables optimum grind size with maximum throughput to
be maintained regardless of variations in feed quality.
The Outotec Proscon

and Outotec ACT (Advanced Control

Tools) are process control systems and optimizing solutions
for unit processes and complete processing plants. The
systems comprise design, implementation, maintenance,
and all the necessary hardware and software.
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Analyzers and Automation
On-line Particle Size Analyzers
On-line Elemental XRF
Analyzers
Flotation Froth Analyzers
Metallurgical Balance and
Process Samplers
Proscon

Automation Systems
Advanced Control Tools
Dewatering
Conventional Thickeners
High Rate Thickeners
High Compression Thickeners
Paste Thickeners
Clarifiers
Solids Contact Clarifiers
Lime Saturators
Deaerators
Pressure Filters
Filter Presses
Polishing Filters
Vacuum Drum Filters
Horizontal Vacuum Belt Filters
Ceramic Capillary Action
Disc Filters
Minerals separation
Conditioners
Flotation Cells
High Gradient Wet Magnetic
Separators
Gravity Spiral Concentrators
Comminution
Rod Mills
Semi- Autogenous Mills
Autogenous Mills
Pebble Mills
Ball Mills
High Intensity Grinding Mills
Outotec Services
improve process
performance
Outotec's long-term partnerships with its customers
ensure that the full value of operations and equipment
is realized. Our ambition lies in maximizing your
productivity, while delivering environmentally sound
and optimized solutions for your plant-specific needs.
Outotec lifecycle services
Spare parts solutions
Outotec OEM Spares
eSpares
Advisory Services
Availability Solutions
Complete Service
Solutions
Technical services
Maintenance Services
Evaluation and
Assessment Services
Research and Analysis
Installation and Start-up
Training Services
Engineering Services
Modernization solutions
Upgrades
Refurbishments
Advisory Services
Optional Investment
Services
Operation and
Maintenance
Outotec Full O&M
Service
Outotec Support
O&M Service
Outotec Advisory
Service
Our global network of service centers is dedicated
to providing lifecycle support for all our customers'
plants and processes. Outotec offers access to
unparalleled expertise and experience of the industry
in more than 80 countries. Lower operating costs and
improved equipment efficiency, teamed up with added
safety, health and environmental efficiency, form the
heart of the values we offer our customers.
As a technology leader, Outotec engages in extensive
research and development programs, granting
access to the latest technological developments
to our customers. We deliver service from spare
parts solutions, modernizations and maintenance
agreements all the way to plant-level operations,
including training, project management, and plant
operations. Combining our certified Best Available
Technologies with expert-driven services allows our
customers to focus on their own core capabilities
while their facilities are running at maximum capacity.
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Outotec develops and provides technology solutions for the sustainable use of Earths natural
resources. As the global leader in minerals and metals processing technology, Outotec has developed
over decades several breakthrough technologies. The company also offers innovative solutions for
the chemical industry, industrial water treatment and the utilization of alternative energy sources.
Outotec shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.