Metso to supply minerals processing equipment to Arcelor Mittal Steel in Ukraine

Metso Minerals has signed a contract with Arcelor Mittal Steel to
supply minerals processing equipment to Kryviy Rih concentrator
plants in Ukraine. The delivery will be completed by the end of year
2008. The value of the contract is approximately EUR 22 million.

The order comprises minerals processing equipment supply, engineering
and supervision.
Metso's solution is for their expansion and modernization of the
Kryviy Rih concentrator plants. When modernized, the plants will be
capable of processing more than 30 million tonnes of ore to produce
13.5 million tonnes of concentrate annually.

Arcelor Mittal with its 320,000 employees in more than 60 countries
is producing 10% of the world's steel output and is recognized as the
largest steel company in the world.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006
net sales of approximately EUR 5 billion. Its more than 26,000
employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and
paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
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Further information for the press, please contact:
Carl Montán, Regional Manager, CIS, Mining business line, Metso
Minerals,
tel. +46 40 245850
Wille Beckman, Vice President, Process Equipment, Mining business
line, Metso Minerals, tel. +46 224 57149

Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso
Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253





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