Modern Mining June 2025

CRUSHING & SCREENING

Weir’s strategic investment in its Alrode manufacturing plant south of Johannesburg will make it a major player in global screen production, having already won one of the world’s largest screen orders currently in production for a mine in Pakistan. Weir supplies world’s largest screen order from expanding Alrode plant

JD Singleton, Weir’s Comminution Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

J D Singleton, Weir’s Comminution Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), highlights that this is an important step in the company’s journey over the past six years to develop large format screens for the mining market. The screens are being supplied to Barrick Gold Corporation’s Reko Diq copper-gold project as part of a £53m contract to Weir for fine grinding, separation and tailings solutions. “Our engineering and manufacturing capability at Alrode has put us in a position to win this large order which includes twelve 4,3 m by 8,5 m double-deck banana screens,” says Singleton. “We have also won other significant orders in this screen segment, giving us the impetus to further expand our world class Alrode facility.” He says that Weir – with three major

manufacturing sites in South Africa – has always welcomed the opportunity to invest in the country, and screens remain a core focus of the company’s production locally. The Alrode plant is a centre of manufacturing and service excellence for the global group in the sphere of vibrating screens. According to Bridget Ledwaba, Weir’s Managing Director for Africa, the expansion shows the global company’s confidence in South Africa and its direction, and its continued contribution towards the country’s industrialisation efforts. “More local production is always good news for job creation, especially in a sector where employment has been in decline,” says Ledwaba. “Over time, our investment in productive capacity will also have a positive impact on the national fiscus in South Africa, as we contribute to value

Bridget Ledwaba, Weir’s Managing Director for Africa.

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