Leites Crushers Limited, the Barnsley-based manufacturer of crushing and size reduction equipment, has recently supplied a major order of its market-leading crushing machinery to a new copper mine and smelting plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

The order includes the manufacture of two Leites 24 x 30 Hammermills with 90kW drives, both running at 40 TPH. The machines will be used for processing copper concentrate from Rotary Dryers.

Used worldwide in the reduction of friable and fibrous materials, Leites’s Hammermill crushers can be supplied with adjustable breaker plates, produce high reduction ratios and feature capacities of up to 500 TPH, depending on duty. The whole project is due to completion in 2024/25.

The entire contract, which was awarded following Leites’s successful completion of a similar project for Poland’s largest copper mine, took eight months from the initial order to shipment. The total contract was delivered on schedule and within budget.

Peter Mills, Senior Project Consultant at Leites Crushers explains: “We were honoured to supply Leites Hammermills to one of the world’s largest copper mining projects following previous success in this sector. The customer envisages a 19 million-tonne production scenario and required industry-proven machinery to service this high-grade copper mining operation. The Leites Hammermills will be used to reduce the copper concentrate oversize material to a predicted 2mm particle size.”

Leites Crusher’s experience in the design and manufacture of crushing and size reduction equipment spans more than 80 years and covers a wide variety of applications. The company offers a comprehensive range of standard equipment and also supplies bespoke packages designed to individual customer specification.

Leites Crushers’ equipment can be found working successfully in primary, secondary, and tertiary applications around the world. its machinery is recognised for its high throughput, rugged build, and low operating costs.

The company, which markets itself as ‘The Original Crusher People’ can trace its heritage back to 1991 and was recently acquired by Group Rhodes in 2023.

If you want to find out more information about Leites Crushers, please visit the website https://ltscrucher.com/, call us at +15713843888.