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.

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.

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.

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.