Atlas Copco receives mining equipment order in Zimbabwe

Atlas Copco receives mining equipment order in Zimbabwe

Stockholm, Sweden, February 1, 2011: Atlas Copco has received an order
for mining equipment from Zimplats Holdings Limited, Zimbabwe, valued in
excess of MSEK 170.

“This is a key order from Zimbabwe's mining industry and shows that
customers value our sustainable solutions,” says Björn Rosengren,
Business Area President Atlas Copco Construction and Mining Technique.
The trial suite and subsequent order total 44 pieces of low seam
underground mining equipment, such as drilling rigs, mine trucks and
loaders, and will be used in Ngezi Platinum Mine, Zimbabwe. The order
was placed in the fourth quarter 2010 and deliveries of the equipment
will start in March, 2011. More than 100 people are anticipated to be
employed locally to service the equipment.

For further information please contact:
Björn Rosengren, Business Area President, Construction and Mining
Technique
+86 1370 1966 816 (Chinese mobile) or +46 (0)70 417 8502 (Swedish
mobile)
Love Liman, Acting Media Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)73 318 8060