# ThyssenKrupp wins contract to supply conveyor system for Oyu Tolgoi underground mine

ThyssenKrupp's Industrial Solutions business has won a contract worth millions of euros to supply a material-handling system for the Oyu Tolgoi underground copper mine in Mongolia. The system includes nine conveyors and seven transfer towers, with first production expected in 2020.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-09-15
- Where: Oyu Tolgoi mine, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 95,000 tonnes of copper ore per day
- Products: gearless-driven conveyors, material-handling system
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Thyssenkrupp](https://endata.com/companies/833.md) (supplier)
- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (partner)
- [Oyu Tolgoi LLC](https://endata.com/companies/15277.md) (customer)
- [Turquoise Hill Resources](https://endata.com/companies/25829.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [machinery-market.co.uk](https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/18644/crc32), 2017-09-15: "One of the richest underground copper deposits in the world will soon be accessed with the help of high-capacity gearless-driven conveyors from Thyssen Krupp."

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