Weir Group secured a multimillion-dollar contract with a major Chinese non-ferrous metals company to supply Warman pumps for Phase III of a Xizang copper mine. The expansion will raise processing capacity from 19.9 to 30 million tonnes per year.

Weir has won a multimillion-dollar contract to supply its Warman pumps to a copper mine in Xizang (Tibet), China, which is undergoing a third expansion phase to raise processing capacity to 30Mtpa.

Soosan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. announced a USD 25 million investment in its Chinese subsidiary Shandong Soosan Breaker Co., Ltd. to build and expand a large-scale production base for hydraulic breakers and construction machinery attachments in China. The new 50,000 m² intelligent manufacturing facility is scheduled to commence operation in the second half of 2026.

Linzhou Heavy Machinery signed an equipment purchase contract worth 745 million yuan with Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Material Group for hydraulic supports and electro-hydraulic control systems.

Weir ESCO has broken ground on a new foundry in Xuzhou, China, to add capacity for ESCO ground engaging tools. Production is scheduled to start in late 2024, ahead of full production in 2025.

Tiefenbach Control Systems will plan and supply a second complete electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-height longwall roof supports ordered by Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (ZMJ), worth about EUR 2.7 million. The supports will be used by China Shenhua.

Tiefenbach Control Systems received a follow-up order from ZMJ to plan and supply a second electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-size roof supports for China Shenhua Energy. The order is valued at approximately €2.7 million.

Takeuchi Construction Machinery (Qingdao) began production of 40,000 sets a year of small hydraulic excavator and loader components in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

BQE Water was awarded a two-phase contract to design, build, commission and operate a SART plant at Shandong Zhongkuang's gold metallurgical facility in eastern China. The first phase is due within 12 months, followed by five years of operations support paid by quarterly fees.