Metso to supply a complete fine crushing and screening system to Norsk Stein in Norway

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HELSINKI, FINLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/16/09 --

Metso Corporation's company release on September 16, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Metso will supply a complete fine crushing and screening system to Norsk Stein's Jelsa quarry expansion in Norway. The delivery will be completed by June 2010. The value of the order is approximately EUR 27 million. The order is included in Mining and Construction Technology's Q3 orders received.

The order comprises of four gyratory cone crushers, eight series inclined screens, a stacker conveyor, and a significant amount of conveyors. It also includes the engineering, erection and project management of the new plant.

The stationary plant expansion will raise the production of the Jelsa quarry significantly. The yearly production of the quarry now exceeds 5 million tons. After completing the expansion, the targeted production for fine products will be 850 tons per hour (tph) in addition to existing plant production 650 tph, and total production more than 10 million tons per year.

Norsk Stein A/S is one of Europe's biggest aggregates producers. The Jelsa quarry, located north-east of Stavanger produces high quality aggregates for road building, railways and offshore purposes. The end products are shipped to countries like Denmark, UK, France and Germany.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 28,000 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com

Further information for the press, please contact:
Perttu Louhiluoto, Senior Vice President, Market Area EMEA, Mining
and Construction Technology, Metso, tel. +358 40 556 5774
Jack Marmet, Vice President, Crusher Systems, Mining and Construction
Technology, Metso, tel. + 33 (0) 607 11 15 29

Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso
Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253

Metso Corporation

Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO

Kati Renvall
Vice President, Group Communications

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