Metso reports active aggregates market

Espoo, Finland-based Metso Corp., which makes equipment for the global aggregates processing and recycling and the metals and mining sectors, has reported increased sales figures in the final quarter of 2025, but finished the year as slightly less profitable than it had been in 2024.

Metso has reported earnings per share (EPS) of 14 European cents (16.6 cents) in the final three months of 2025 and 58 European cents (68.8 cents) for the full year. Those EPS figures are up 8 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2024 and down 5 percent for the entire year.

The company describes its fourth quarter 2025 sales and revenue activity as stable or rising compared with the prior quarter, saying the value of its overall orders received rose by 2 percent, with the aggregates sector recording a 4 percent increase.

Measured by completed sales, the fourth quarter delivered a 14 percent rise in aggregates sales and 11 percent growth companywide.

For the entire year, Metso says it the value of its orders received increased 4 percent compared with 2024, with its sales figure rising by the same percentage.

“We delivered a solid performance in the fourth quarter,” says Metso president and CEO Sami Takaluoma. “The overall market activity remained stable, supported by high metal prices and healthy infrastructure activity. This sustained good investment appetite in both [the] Minerals and Aggregates” business units.

Metso says it expects market activity in both the Minerals and Aggregates business units will remain stable in 2026, adding, “Tariff-related turbulence could potentially affect global economic growth and market activity.”

Says Takalouma, “Metso’s broad geographical footprint, competitive offering and dedicated ‘Metsonites’ provide a strong foundation for continued progress toward our targets. With our solid performance in 2025 and a clear strategic direction, we are well positioned to keep advancing in pursuit of our ambition of becoming the industry benchmark.”

The equipment and technology vendor also disclosed late last week that United States-based investment fund operator BlackRock Inc. now owns more than 5 percent of Metso’s shares on the Nasdaq Helskinki market in Finland.