Boliden signs up for Finnish electricity project

Boliden signs up for Finnish electricity project

Boliden has signed a letter of intent, via its Finnish subsidiary, to form a
consortium called Fennovoima, in partnership with Outokumpu, E.ON, Rauman
Energia and Katternö. The aim of the consortium is to investigate the
preconditions for building a new Finnish nuclear power plant.

“Boliden's objective, through this project, is to secure long-term electricity
supplies for our Finnish smelters. If we are to maintain competitive production,
electricity is a raw material of strategic significance. Energy currently
accounts for 18 per cent of Boliden's total costs and our energy requirement is
3.5 TWh,” says Boliden's President & CEO, Jan Johansson.

According to the letter of intent, one third of the capacity from the plant will
be reserved for Finnish industry, one third for local and regional energy
companies, and one third for E.ON, which will be the consortium's biggest
partner. Every partner will be allowed to buy a quantity of electricity
corresponding to their share in the consortium, at production cost.  

The project - which is ultimately dependent on the approval of the Finnish
Government and Parliament - has a planned capacity of between 1,000 and 1,800 MW
and operations are scheduled to start between 2016 and 2018. Boliden's proposed
share corresponds to 80 MW, or approximately 46 per cent of the energy consumed
at the company's Finnish units - the Kokkola zinc smelter and the Harjavalta
copper smelter.

For further information, please contact:

Jan Johansson, President & CEO, Boliden AB, tel +46 8 610 1602, +46 70 5550202
Marcela Sylvander, Communications Manager, Boliden AB, tel +46 8 610 1559, 
+46 733 244 551

Boliden is one of the leading mining and smelting companies in Europe with
operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland. Boliden's main products are
copper, zinc, lead and gold and silver. Exploration and recycling of metals are
also important within the company. The number of employees is approximately 4
500 and the turnover amounts to approximately EUR 3.8 billion annually. Its
shares are listed on Stockholmsbörsen's Large Cap list and on the Toronto Stock
Exchange in Canada.

www.boliden.com