Weir pumps for 200km pipeline project
16 Dec 2012
London – Weir Minerals has won an £8.6-million contract to supply centrifugal high-pressure pumps for a new 200km pipeline project in Morocco.
The Warman pumps will be deployed at three pumping stations along the pipeline, which will transport phosphate rock from inland mines in Khouribga to the port of Jorf Lasfar for processing and shipping.
Several 500 U-HTPP high-pressure transport pumps will be positioned in series at the start of the route and these pumps are fed by booster stations, with additional 12/10 T-AHPP pumps also positioned in series. Weir Minerals will also supply standby pumps.
The pipeline, which is to begin operating in 2013, will replace OCP’s current railway freight transportation method and will allow the mine’s output to be significantly increased.
