Weir awarded contract at two greenfield projects in Morocco

The Weir Group PLC has been awarded a approx. € 30 million contract to provide industry-leading energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the next phase of OCP Group’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects in Morocco. The order will support the continued construction of the Louta project and the trebling of production from the Benguerir project, where Weir has previously provided similar separation and desliming solutions also based on the WARMAN^® slurry pump and CAVEX^® hydrocyclone technology. The Benguerir expansion will start up following the initial phase of the project.

  WARMAN^® slurry pump
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Aftermarket support will be provided via Weir technical experts from the Moroccan service centre, which is located close to the projects. Commenting on the contract award, Jon Stanton, Chief Executive Officer of Weir said: “We are pleased to have secured this major contract. It represents a strong endorsement of our WARMAN^® and CAVEX^® ranges that provide energy efficient separation at scale to support our customer’s productivity and sustainability goals.”