Company Announcement to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority
No. 49-2008, 30 December 2008
Tata Steel, the 6th largest steel producer in the world is setting up
a 6 million tonnes per year Iron ore pellet plant at their existing
plant complex in Jamshedpur, India. FLSmidth Minerals has signed
contracts worth approximately USD 48m (DKK 250m) with Tata Steel for
the supply of a drying and grinding plant for the pelletizing plant.
The scope of work involves basic design by FLSmidth Minerals, USA and
Denmark, and among other things detailed engineering and design,
manufacturing, supply and supervision of two Rotary Dryers, 2 Ball
mills with 2x6000 Kw drive, 2 separators from FLSmidth Minerals,
India and 4 bag houses from FLSmidth Airtech."FLSmidth continues to receive large orders and this plant is one of
the largest dry iron ore grinding systems being supplied by FLSmidth.
The order includes technology and products from various FLSmidth
group companies, reinforcing FLSmidth Minerals approach of being "One
Source One Partner" to its clients," Group CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen
comments.
The contract will contribute beneficially to FLSmidth's earnings
until 2010.
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Please address any questions regarding this announcement to Group
Chief Executive Officer Jørgen Huno Rasmussen, FLSmidth & Co. A/S at
+45 36 18 18 00.
For further information about FLSmidth, please visit
www.flsmidth.com.
Yours faithfully
Pernille Friis Andersen
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
