Metso signed an agreement with Southern Peru Copper Corporation to supply solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for the Tia Maria copper project in Cocachacra, Arequipa, Peru. The plant will produce 120,000 t of copper cathodes per year, and the order value of €100 million was booked in Metso's Q1 2026 order intake.

Metso Outotec has opened a new pump assembly plant in Lima, Peru, to serve growing demand for large mining pumps in South America with shorter lead times. The plant is customized for production of large MD Series pumps.

Outotec has been awarded a contract by Southern Copper, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, to supply a concentrate filtration plant for the Toquepala concentrator expansion in Southern Peru. The contract value exceeds EUR 15 million, with delivery mostly in the second half of 2017.