Modern Mining September 2019

COVER STORY

Weir Minerals Africa offers solutions Alrode-based Weir Minerals Africa, part of the worldwide LSE-listed Weir Group, has one of the most complete ranges of minerals process- ing solutions available in Africa from a single supplier. The company has products and systems available from comminution through to water recovery and tailings management. Modern Mining’s Arthur Tassell recently spoke to JD Singleton, Process Director of Weir Minerals Africa, to learn more about the company’s comprehensive offering.

A lthough traditionally strongly identified with its market- leading range of Warman® slurry pumps, Weir Minerals

Minerals Africa, which now extends across the entire continent.” Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, the Weir Group operates through three divisions, Weir Minerals, Weir ESCO and Weir Oil & Gas, with Weir Minerals ranking as a global leader in slurry handling equipment, mill circuit technology and services. Weir Minerals has an impressive footprint globally with ser- vice centres within 250 km of every major mine site. “We have our head office in Alrode, Johannes­ burg, which is also our main manufacturing facility and our primary distribution hub, as well as a rub- ber moulding plant producing rubber pump and mill lining mouldings at our Isando premises, and two foundries,” says Singleton. “The smaller foundry,

Africa has extended its offer- ing in recent years as its parent company, the Weir Group, has expanded through internal growth and a series of key acquisitions. “Weir was founded in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1871 and has had an active presence in South Africa for over a century, so we are not newcomers to the mining industry in Africa,” says Singleton. “Over the past 10 to 15 years, however, the offering has broadened significantly, as has the ‘footprint’ of Weir

JD Singleton, Process Director of Weir Minerals Africa.

Preparation of moulds for casting at the foundry in Isando.

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