Weir has secured a contract to produce ENDURON® excessive stress grinding rolls (HPGR) to Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef Mine as a part of its upcoming Section 2 growth. A HPGR circuit is deliberate to be included as a part of the Section 2 concentrator’s tertiary crushing. The usage of HPGRs on the Platreef Mine is influenced by their profitable operation on the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complicated within the Democratic Republic of Congo, which Ivanhoe Mines operates in three way partnership with Zijin Mining.
The Platreef Mine, positioned roughly 280 km northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, is likely one of the world’s largest valuable metals deposits beneath improvement. Section 1 of the Platreef Mine started manufacturing in November 2025, with the Section 2 growth anticipated to be full by the tip of 2027. Ivanhoe Mines is planning an additional section of growth that targets the Platreef Mine to change into one of many world’s largest and lowest-cost platinum group steel (PGM) producers.
ENDURON® HPGRs ship energy-efficient comminution options, consuming as much as 40% much less vitality than conventional tumbling mills, considerably lowering working prices and decreasing carbon emissions. The worth of the contract has not been disclosed.
Bjorn Dierx, Weir, Director of HPGR and Course of, stated: “Weir is delighted to be partnering with Ivanhoe Mines to produce our confirmed ENDURON HPGR expertise. There was a discernible development within the mining sector in direction of lowering its environmental affect in recent times. The continued adoption of HPGR techniques as the popular answer for environment friendly, high-performance and sustainable ore processing gives one of the vital alternatives on this regard.”
He provides: “We now have a big put in base of ENDURON HPGRs, and these orders replicate the robust confidence miners have in Weir’s superior grinding expertise and course of experience. Weir has at all times prioritised the service and assist aspect of those partnerships. We perceive the significance of being near our prospects and, on this case, we’ve got a service centre lower than 10km from the positioning to make sure we will present speedy assist throughout operations.”
Steve Amos, Ivanhoe Mines, Government Vice President, Initiatives, stated: “HPGR expertise is now pretty customary within the mining business and has confirmed to be price and vitality environment friendly. Ivanhoe Mines has intensive HPGR operational expertise gained from the three working HPGRs at our Kamoa copper mine in DRC. We sit up for a profitable and long-lasting partnership with Weir.”
