# Metso Outotec receives first order for 360-ton truck body from copper mine

Metso Outotec received its first order for a Truck Body with 360-ton loading capacity from a major copper mine, the first such order in the Americas.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-05-27
- Where: Liberia and Burkina Faso, Liberia
- Value: $23.0M (19.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 400 t/h per line
- Products: Truck Body for haul trucks
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Metso Outotec](https://endata.com/companies/48313.md)
- [Metso Outotec](https://endata.com/companies/48313.md) (supplier)
- [Mapa Group](https://endata.com/companies/55555.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [fmdrc-zambia.com](https://fmdrc-zambia.com/enabling-mines-and-quarries-to-haul-more-with-less/), 2021-05-27: "Recently, one of the world’s largest copper mines decided to invest in a Metso Outotec Truck Body."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2021/06/02/metso-outotec-ball-mills-vertimills-heading-to-mapas-liberia-and-burkina-faso-gold-mines/), 2021-06-02: "For us, good support, reliable project execution, and sustainable equipment and process performance are essential."

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