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ABB to deliver hoists for new Kittilä shaft

Swiss engineering and manufacturing company ABB (SWX: ABBN) has won an order to supply US$11 million of mine shaft hoisting equipment to be installed in 2020-21 in a $186 million expansion of Europe’s largest gold mine.

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 Artist's impression of the new mine shaft building at Agnico Eagle's Kittila gold mine

Artist's impression of the new mine shaft building at Agnico Eagle's Kittila gold mine

Agnico Eagle's Kittilä mine in Finland's north is developing a 1km-deep shaft to access deeper gold ore and will use ABB hoist systems to fit out the production and personnel shaft. The Swiss giant is suppling a 2.5MW friction production hoist and 1.2MW single-drum personnel hoist.

ABB says it has has delivered more than 700 mine hoisting systems worldwide.

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