Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex Joint Stock Company (AGMK) has placed the largest order yet for heavy-duty Arched Plate Conveyors with AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH.

The order is for 54 AUMUND conveyors that will operate in the AGMK copper production plant.

AGMK is one of the most important industrial concerns in Uzbekistan. For a new copper concentration complex for an investment sum of US$3.34 billion, AUMUND is supplying four identical types of Arched Plate Conveyors. Six conveyors will operate under the primary crushers, and 16 conveyors will each operate as extraction conveyors under the stockpile and under the secondary crushers and secondary screens. The capacities range from 714 to 6000 tph of copper ore, the plate widths are between 1600 and 2400 mm.