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Ruukki to Supply Steel Structures for Kaunisvaara Iron Ore Mine
07/15/2011 - Rautaruukki has signed a contract with Peab AB of Sweden to manufacture and install the steel structures for the concentration mill and stockpile buildings at the Kaunisvaara iron ore mine in Pajala, Northern Sweden. Delivery is scheduled to begin in September.
Rautaruukki has signed a contract with Peab AB of Sweden to manufacture and install the steel structures for the concentration mill and stockpile buildings at the Kaunisvaara iron ore mine in Pajala, Northern Sweden. The contract is worth more than EUR 13 million.
In the Kaunisvaara iron ore project, the Canadian mining company Northland Resources will exploit the Tapuli and Sahavaara iron ore deposits. Ruukki's customer, the Peab group, is one of the largest construction companies in the Nordic countries.
Ruukki's delivery consists of the process plant building and auxiliary buildings, two iron ore stockpile buildings, and the frame structures for the truck workshop. The new iron ore processing plant will be over 200 m long, 72 m wide, and 40 m high.
Deliveries of steel structures for the project are scheduled to begin in September, and completion of installation work is scheduled during 2012. The steel structures will be manufactured mostly at Ruukki's plants in Ylivieska and Peräseinäjoki in Finland.
Rautaruukki, which uses the marketing name Ruukki, supplies metal-based components, systems, and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries. The company has a wide selection of metal products and services. It has operations in 27 countries and employs around 11,700 people. Net sales in 2010 totaled EUR 2.4 billion.
