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HELSINKI, FINLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 12/05/12 -- Metso Corporation's press release on
December 5, 2012 at 12.00 p.m. local time



Combining our world class equipment and extensive service capabilities to
provide customers complete solutions



Metso and ZAO Russian Copper Company (RMK) have signed a contract to
supply
crushing, screening and grinding equipment - as well as on-site services
for six
years -to the first plant of the new Tominsky GOK copper concentrator in
the
Chelyabinskya region in southwestern Russia. The complete value of the
order is
approximately EUR 150 million. The complete value of the equipment order
amounts
to approximately EUR 65 million.





Under the current equipment contract, Metso will supply a primary gyratory
crusher, three cone crushers, one semi-autogenous grinding mill, three
screens
and three ball mills for the first plant of the new Tominsky GOK copper
concentrator.



The delivery also includes on-site supervisory services for the
installation and
commissioning, and on-site training for operating personnel. The equipment
deliveries will be completed in fourth quarter 2015.



Metso's six-year life-cycle service contract includes maintenance; planning
and
operational assistance, process and product support services, as well as
wear
and spare parts and components for the comminution circuit. Metso will also
maintain auxiliary equipment for the whole comminution circuit from the
gyratory
crusher to the hydro-cyclones.



The capital equipment order and the first year's annual value of the
services
contract are included in Metso Mining and Construction's third quarter 2012
orders received.



ZAO Russian Copper Company (RMK) was founded in 2004. It produces copper
concentrate, copper cathodes and copper rods. The startup of the first
plant of
Tominsky GOK is planned for fourth quarter of 2016.



Metso's mining and construction professionals specialize in always bringing
the
right technology, processes, machinery and services to our customers in the
aggregates production, construction, mining and minerals processing.



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Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to customers in the
process industries, including mining, construction, pulp and paper, power,
and
oil and gas. Our 30,000 professionals based in over 50 countries deliver
sustainability and profitability to customers worldwide. Expect results.



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For further information for the press, please contact:

Jerry Dubiansky
VP, Capital Equipment, Mining and Construction
Metso
tel. +1 717 578 6823.

Simon Pelletier
SVP, Life Cycle Services, Mining and Construction
Metso
tel. +1 514 515-2780.

Alexey Muzychkin
VP, Russia & CIS, Mining and Construction
Metso
tel. +7 495 915 29 30