The Weir Group PLC has been awarded a £25 million contract to provide energy efficient, sustainable solutions, including a range of both WARMAN® slurry pumps and CAVEX® hydrocyclones, for the next phase of OCP Group’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects in Morocco.

The order will support the continued construction of the Louta project and the trebling of production from the Benguerir project, where Weir has previously provided similar separation and desliming solutions also based on its market leading WARMAN® slurry pump and CAVEX® hydrocyclone technology.

The Benguerir expansion will start up following the initial phase of the project which has scheduled first production in 2024, with an estimated total mine life of more than 100 years.

The contract award will be recognised in the order book during the remainder of Q3 2024. After commissioning of the equipment, aftermarket support will be provided via Weir technical experts from our Moroccan service centre, which is located close to the projects. The receipt of orders associated with the contract award does not result in a change to Weir’s full year 2024 financial guidance as of 30 July 2024.

Commenting on the contract award, Jon Stanton, Chief Executive Officer of Weir said: “We are pleased to have secured this major contract. It represents a strong endorsement of our WARMAN® and CAVEX® ranges that provide energy efficient separation at scale to support our customer’s productivity and sustainability goals. Along with our industry-leading solutions, we promise our customers world class service; our local team are delighted to continue to deliver for OCP as they commission the initial phase at Benguerir and look to expand these exciting projects.”