# thyssenkrupp wins conveyor contract for Oyu Tolgoi copper mine

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions won a contract to supply a material handling system, including nine conveyors and seven transfer towers, for the new Oyu Tolgoi underground copper mine in Mongolia. The contract value is in the higher double-digit million euro range.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-08-09
- Where: Gobi Desert, south of Mongolia, Mongolia
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 95,000 tons per day of copper ore
- Products: belt conveyor system, gearless drives
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md), [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Thyssenkrupp](https://endata.com/companies/833.md) (supplier)
- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (customer)
- [Turquoise Hill Resources](https://endata.com/companies/25829.md) (customer)
- [Government of Mongolia](https://endata.com/companies/26179.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [bulk-online.com](https://www.bulk-online.com/en/news/company-news/thyssenkrupp-deliver-conveyor-system-new-underground-copper-mine-mongolia), 2017-08-09: "This order again proves that thyssenkrupp is a strong player in the mining and materials handling industry."

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