Weir Minerals has secured an £8.6m contract to supply pumps for a new 200km-long pipeline in Morocco that will transport phosphate rock from inland mines in Khouribga to the coastal port of Jorf Lasfar for processing and shipping.The company was chosen by Turkey-based contractor Tekfen, which is carrying out the project for Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company.
Weir is to supply centrifugal high-pressure pumps that are specifically designed for use in series transporting applications. They will be deployed at three pumping stations along the pipeline’s route.
The pipeline — which is scheduled to begin operating in 2013 — will replace OCP’s current railway freight transportation method and is intended to significantly increase the mine’s output.
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