weir minerals profile

First choicefor process efficiency

Weir Minerals DivisionLeaders in pumps, valves, cyclones and mill linersfor the mining and minerals industries

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Capability matrix

To help customers improve process efficiency,Weir Minerals has developed capabilities basedon a close understanding of their requirements.

Weir Minerals is the world leader in the design andmanufacture of pumps, valves and cyclones for the mining and minerals processing industries. Our reputation is based on engineering excellenceapplied to innovative, customer-focused solutions for processing minerals and aggressive materials.

IntroducingWeir Minerals

Customer needs: maximum process efficiency

Weir Minerals capabilities: engineering excellence, customer focus

Best productfor process

Minimum downtime,minimum disruption

to process

Global supply,local support

Consolidatedsupply base

Best people inthe right place

Superiorproducts

Superiorengineering

Globalpresence

Integratedsolutions

Expertise andorganisation

Product Portfolio

Weir Minerals has an advanced product rangeincorporating market leading brands covering virtuallyany application, in any environment. Our productsaccount for 19% of market share worldwide.

We own a valuable portfolio of intellectual property,which is continually being extended through researchand development in materials and technology toenhance the wear life of our products. As a result,our global leadership in slurry pumps is combinedwith innovative designs in complementary productssuch as mill liners, hydrocyclones and slurry valves.

The Weir Minerals brands*

Customer Profile

Our customers range from the worlds largestminerals and mining multinationals to single site coal producers.

Weir Minerals capability supports an array ofcustomer specifications with products easilyadaptable to meet specific process requirements. We build close, long term partnerships throughwhich we are able to help customers achieve process efficiencies.

Weir Minerals customers include:

Alcoa Anglo-American Barrick BHP-Billiton Codelco CVRD De Beers Grupo Mexico Newmont RTZ WMC

Geographical Footprint

Weir Minerals has the geographical presence to serviceall the major minerals markets around the world. This global supply capability provides a competitiveadvantage in this relatively fragmented market.

We support customer operations worldwide withconsistent products and local engineering expertise.As part of The Weir Group, we have the reach andresource to grow into emerging markets alongsideour customers. This includes specific plans forexpansion in Asia and the Former Soviet Union.

Weir Minerals has operations across:

North America South America Africa Europe & UK Australasia

* Warman International products are not for sale in Africa

The Weir Group PLCoperating as a global family

Weir Minerals is a division of The Weir Group PLC, a UK-listed engineering company founded in 1871and listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1947.

The Weir Group has a proud heritage of engineeringexcellence demonstrated in closely aligned,independently successful companies and strongproducts. It specialises in high quality pumps andcontrols delivered with superior technical andcustomer support.

Today, Weir employs over 8,000 people worldwideacross operations grouped into five divisions, unitedby a common purpose and sharing know-how todeliver added value to our customers.

Weir Minerals Weir Clear Liquid Weir Valves & Controls Weir Services Weir Techna

For further information about The Weir Group PLC, visit www.weir.co.uk

We work together to create engineering solutions, which help our customers deliver processes vital to society.

Provider of end to endpumping solutions formajor oil and gas, powergeneration, water andwaste water, hydrocarbonprocessing and generalindustrial projects. Marketleading brands include:

Weir Girdlestone Lewis Floway Wemco Roto-Jet

Leader in critical service,control and isolationapplications, deliveringspecialist valve solutionsfor major projects inpower generation, oiland gas exploration andgeneral industry. Marketleading brands include:

Atwood & Morrill Batley Valve Blakeborough Flowguard Hopkinsons MacValves Sarasin-RSBD Sebim Tricentric

Major provider ofengineering servicesdesigned to enhance theperformance and extendthe lifespan of a widerange of mechanical andelectrical equipment.Services include:

Equipment repair and overhaul

Consolidatedmaintenance

Asset management Process analysis Spare and

enhanced parts Process equipment Valves and controls Specialist technical

services

Providers of high qualitydesign engineering andspecialist technologies forwater and waste water,desalination, oil and gas,defence, nuclear andindustrial customers.Capabilities include:

Design and processengineering

Specification andprocurement

Systems testing Risk management Project management Supply chain control Turn key delivery Long term operation

1Weir Minerals First choice for process efficiency

Meeting the needs of customers worldwide

The key to the success of Weir Minerals is that we enableour customers to achieve significant improvements intheir process efficiencies.

In applications where the cost of ownership oftenoutweighs capital cost as a priority, we help ourcustomers address issues such as longevity and capacity,efficiency of operation and ease of maintenance.

Through continuous improvements to materials,product design, engineering and manufacturing,we minimise downtime and reduce the risk ofdisruption to our customers operations.

By providing a range of complementary products,we help maximise the performance of the entireslurry handling system and offer the benefits ofintegrated maintenance and support.

Scot SmithDivisional Managing Director

By ensuring that we have a global presence, on site wherever our customers require us to be,we help release the synergy benefits of standardisedprocesses worldwide.

Working in close partnership with our customersallows us to develop end-to-end engineeringsolutions to the technical challenges they face,delivering genuine competitive advantage.

Understanding the critical role our products play in the customers process, we ensure that Weir Mineralsconsistently outperforms our competitors and exceedscustomer expectations.

2 Weir Minerals First choice for process efficiency

Weir Minerals customers require theright product and the right qualityfor a specific process. We can providethe best pump for virtually anyapplication, anywhere in the world.

The strength of Weir Minerals products lies in thesuperiority of our hydraulic designs and wear andcorrosion resistant materials. Mining and mineralsprocessing typically involve abrasive, corrosive slurriesthat make severe demands on the equipment used.The product brands in our portfolio have a deservedreputation for wear life and reliability.

The continuous enhancement of materials andtechniques is essential to our success. Engineeringresearch is carried out by our global materials

Best product for processWeir Production System

The Weir Production System is based on the world-class Toyota production system. It reflects the latestin Lean thinking, and is the mechanism by which we deliver projects on schedule, facilitate the rapiddeployment of spares, and afford investment incustomer-focused research and growing our global capability.

The implementation of the unique Weir system hasreduced lead times on pump manufacture by around70% in the UK, where a fast-track Replicast systemnow accounts for 50% of output. Trainingprogrammes and implementation of best practiceacross the world are generating continuingimprovements in quality and efficiency.

New materials

The development of new materials is core to theadvancement of our products. For example, A509 isa recent enhancement of the patented highlycorrosion resistant hard alloy A51, which set the pacein the Florida phosphate industry in the early 1990soperating under high temperature severely corrosiveand abrasive conditions with outstanding results.

Above left: Three ASH LCPump 22x20 SRH pumpsin series handle tailingsservice in a NorthAmerican miningapplication

Above right: GEHO pistondiaphragm pumps in amine backfill applicationat a gold mine in BritishColumbia, Canada

Right: A cluster of Cavexcyclones used in anAustralian gold mine


development centre in Australia. By pooling thebest technical expertise from our worldwideoperations, we can bring innovation to marketefficiently, rapidly integrating developments backinto our local engineering resources to theadvantage of new and existing customers.

We also have product focused design teams based inregional centres of excellence. These design centresinterface directly with customers, enabling us todeliver process-specific and project-specific solutions.

Underlying our product capability is ourimplementation of Lean manufacturing principles.This delivers direct customer benefits and supportsour wider ambitions for growth by freeing theresources that will permit us to invest in newtechnologies and accompany our customers intonew regions.

Market leading product brands

Solutions for any applicationincluding aggressive environments

Product range to maximiseoperating efficiency

Customer-focused productdevelopment

New and enhanced engineered materials

Using value stream mapping we identified what was waste and where we could add value. By reorganising the plant, introducing one piece flowand dedicated cells, we cut lead times from 3040 days to 810 days.

The Weir Production System is a leading edgeprogramme, with a positive impact on product quality,as faults have immediate consequences in the system.Im now working with teams in France, South Africaand Australia to share what weve achieved.

Jim KewinWeir Warman Limited Above left: Three

dimensional CADmodelling of pumpcomponents


Meeting customer specifications issimply the first step in deliveringwhole lifecycle performance. Fromdesign and installation, throughservice, maintenance and upgrade,we ensure continuity of excellence.

The specific application of our products gives us a clear opportunity to enhance process efficiency. Weir Minerals is committed to providing a strongtechnological and engineering resource dedicatedto minimising downtime and preventing disruptionto the customers business.

Product durability reduces downtime and keeps theroutine replacement of parts to a minimum. Productcapacity maximises flow, accelerating processes.

Minimum downtime, minimum disruption to process

Longer lasting products

Optimum flow and capacity

Installation expertise and support

Ease of maintenance

Local aftercare and engineering service

Range of complementary products

Fast delivery of spares

Left: Fettler at work, dressingexpeller vanes

Left: Modern Automated MouldingLine producing high quality castings

Middle: Assembly of large GEHOpiston diaphragm pumps for bauxitedigester feed at the GuizhouAluminium Plant, Peoples Republic of China.

Right: GEHO pumps in operation atan alumina plant in the Middle East.


Having got the design for process right and themanufacturing quality right, our ability to putsomeone on site, on request, is a key benefit to our customers.

We can increase that benefit by offering a range of complementary products alongside our portfolioof branded pumps. By using Weir Minerals valves,mill-liners and cyclones in conjunction with pumps,customers can consolidate maintenance and serviceprogrammes, reducing the frequency of interruptionsto production.

The South American mining industry is characterizedby large scale, complex operations in remote andinaccessible locations. Through our companies inChile, Brasil and Peru, we have responded to thechallenge by offering tailored solutions to theirproblems and a basket of Weir products, includingslurry pumps and handling equipment, clear liquidpumps and products from Weir Techna.

In 1997 the first integrated package was offered to Minera Collahuasi (AngloAmerican-Falconbridge).This developed into the supply of most of the slurryand clear water equipment required, and wasextended into a full maintenance service contract,under which Weir engineers remain on site 24 hoursa day, 7 days a week. We also supply and maintainall the rubber linings, cyclones and related products.The same concept has been duplicated at the recentlycommissioned Antamina mine in Peru and theEscondida 4 project in Chile.

For the customer, the arrangement offers real benefitsin terms of reduced downtime, increased plant life andimproved throughput. The key elements of this successare a very close relationship with our customers andthe can-do attitude of all Weir people.

Ricardo GaribWeir Vulco SA, Chile

Complementary products

Alongside our market leading ranges of verticaland horizontal centrifugal pumps and positivedisplacement pumps, Weir Minerals provides anumber of complementary products, notablyslurry valves, hydrocyclones and mill liners.

By supporting our customers with a broad andintegrated range of products we can help optimisesystem performance and rationalise maintenance.

Left: Warman heavyduty slurry pump

Above: ASH Pump MCHmill circuit pump


Weir Minerals is at the forefront ofthe industry in developing a trulyglobal supply capability.

This enables us to provide majorminerals manufacturers worldwidewith consistent products andstandards of service.

For customers with operations in diverse regions, the operational advantages of global supply areclear. Standardised processes permit the transfer ofbest practice. Efficiencies realised on one site can be repeated elsewhere. As customers move theirpeople around the world, they will encounterfamiliar equipment and processes, and be able to call on the same team for technical support.

Global supply, local support Strong local brands

Expanding geographical footprint

Operations in all major minerals markets

Global product and service standards

Integrated Weir Group network of companies

Local solutions backed by global design resource

Weir Minerals is well placed to grow and lead in newglobal markets. By focusing on the needs of emergingand expanding markets, and leveraging The WeirGroups reputation, product portfolio and customerbase, we are capable of world class leadershipposition.

Mark Selway Group CEO

Right: One of sevenHazleton 400horsepower SSBsubmersible pumpssupplied to the Albertaoil sands for movingfine tailings.


At the same time, all our customers require rapidresponse, on-site support from someone whounderstands the local conditions. Weir Mineralsgeographical footprint plays a major role inestablishing our closeness with customer operations.

Our business model allows us to service both global and local customers equally effectively. By centralising shared functions such as materialsresearch, testing, purchasing, marketing andadministration, we are able to support regional and local engineering.

Closer to the customer

Clearly, local engineering support and the ability to have someone on site are vital for our customersprocess efficiency. Weir is synonymous withengineering expertise, and our close customerrelationships are based on the fact that we havehistorically delivered that expertise locally, on site,day or night.

None of this has been discarded in our drive forglobalisation. On the contrary, we have expandedthe offering of local operations, providing access to aglobal product portfolio and the pooled engineeringexpertise of the entire Weir Group. In this way, wecan support our customers ambitions worldwide.

Emerging markets

Weir Minerals has operations across North America,in Brazil and Chile, in Europe, Africa and Australasia.By working closely with our customers, we are ableto mirror their movements into emerging marketswith our own. Our strategy for global expansion inChina, India, Eastern Europe and the Former SovietUnion is already under way.

Above: Programming aCNC machine at Hazleton.

Bottom left: GEHO pistondiaphragm pumps for flyash disposal at a powerstation in Australia

Bottom right: GEHOpumps are well knownworldwide for their highdensity tailings disposalsystems, such as fly ash,red mud and mine tailings

Left: Warman AHU hardmetal pump used in thecoal industry


A strong division-wide strategy andstructure gives Weir Minerals theopportunity to support our customersbusiness objectives before and afterinstallation of our product.

Weir Minerals offers a whole pipeline, whole lifecycleapproach which can add significant value to thecustomers own process. It is almost unheard of that a customer will simply require us to supply apump, straight from catalogue, and nothing else.Our customer relationships are long term, committedand close.

Consolidating the

Whole lifecycle, wholepipeline solutions

Integrated complementaryproduct range

Full maintenance and service contracts

Co-ordinated capability with sister companies

Weir Minerals as consolidatorin the industry

Coordination across Weir

Close communication is key to the delivery ofeffective solutions. The structure of our organisationfacilitates collaboration between related companies.

For example, our foundries in the UK, Australia andChile work closely together on enhancing customerdelivery and product quality. For rubber linings andseals, there is a similar level of communicationbetween our US, South African, Australian and SouthAmerican operations. Knowledge is shared byoperation and expertise, not by geography.

Below: Hazleton SHW heavyduty, all chrome, submersibleslurry pump. Designed forreliability in slurry duties


In order to achieve wider efficiencies, many customersin the minerals and mining industries are seeking torationalise their supply base. Our track record insustaining and growing customer relationships,coupled with our global supply capability means weare well positioned to support such consolidation.

The ability to coordinate capabilities within WeirMinerals, and to combine our expertise with thatfrom other divisions of The Weir Group gives us aclear competitive advantage, the benefits of whichare shared with our customers.

supply baseWeir Minerals also works closely with the other partsof The Weir Group. Working alongside our sistercompanies in Clear Liquid, Valves & Controls andTechna divisions, we offer a more comprehensiveservice to a wider range of sectors than any of ourcompetitors.

Supply chain management

We have excellent management systems in place to support our lean, customer focused operations.

These include:

Establishing a global database of suppliers

Controlling the consistency and quality ofcomponents and materials

Assuring operating performance to our customers.

Implementing a market-leading vendormanagement programme

Protecting our customers from inferior parts, spares and service

Top: Mill trommel forMinera Collahuasi, Chile

Far left: Cavex cyclonesready to be installed atBHP-Billiton MineraEscondida, Chile

Middle: Final quality checkof product before despatch

Bottom right: The largestslurry pump in the world, a 750SHD, being assembledby the Weir-Vulco staff atthe Escondida phase 4project, Chile


Weir Minerals employs over 2,600people worldwide. Our customershave direct access to the bestengineering expertise supported by world-class management.

The design engineers and materials scientists,process specialists, project managers andmanufacturing experts across Weir Mineralscompanies are among the best in the world.

To ensure that all our customers, wherever they are in the world, have access to local expertise of the very highest calibre, we are constantly sharingknow-how and best practice in a culture ofcontinuous improvement.

Best people in the right place

Superior technical expertise

Understanding the customersprocesses

Close proximity to the customer

24 hour availability of support

Strong leadership andpartnership skills

Excellent personal developmentprogramme

Design centre focus

One of the most recent developments in the structureof Weir Minerals teams is the creation of productspecific design centres, based in areas where particularexpertise exists and supplemented by individualsfrom companies worldwide with specific knowledge.

The result is fast track design development and thesecuring of a valuable intellectual property. This abilitypooling is in action across the following design centres:

Cyclones Santiago, Chile Knife gate valves Sao Paulo, Brazil Horizontal Pumps Artarmon, Australia

and Madison, USA Vertical Pumps Hazleton, USA Piston and diaphragm pumps The Netherlands Mill Liners Salt Lake City, USA

Problem solving on site

In Australia, Weir Minerals has implemented a PumpPartnership Service, a full maintenance contract thatdelivers dramatic operational benefits to customers,delivered by a dedicated, fast response engineering team.

Life expectancy of slurry pumps up 10%

Target throughput: 5 million tonnes pa. Achieved: 6 million tonnes pa

Target plant availability: 95%. Achieved: 98%

In the three years since Weir Minerals took over totalmanagement responsibility for the 26 pumps on the Mt Owen site, the mine has had only two equipmentfailures. They were both rectified within eight hours. I dont know of any other colliery where you couldachieve that, even with its own team.

Comment from Superintendant of coal preparation plant in the Hunter Valley, Australia

Right: High pressure 20 x 18 Warman AHpump ready for start-upat Minera Escondidanew tailings line


Our commitment of personal development enablesindividuals to fulfil their potential, and generates apassion for the business that is rare in an industrialmanufacturing environment. By establishing a fasttrack leadership programme, nominating productand process champions and creating cross-company,interdisciplinary project teams, we encourage adynamic, flexible and innovative human resource.

Because of the nature of our close relationships,customers often depend on the mutual respect and understanding that is formed from strongprofessional, personal relationships. Weir Minerals isproud to recruit, retain and reward the ablest peoplefrom a wide range of industry sectors.

Left: Galigher elastomer linedsubmersible slurry pump

Top: The new WS slurry gatevalve ready to be shipped to acustomer in South America

Bottom: ASH 450 MCH circuitpump in process to be installedon a Ball Mill discharge duty at Exxon-Disputada, Chile


Weir Minerals:Operational champions

Geoff Moore Pumps

We have market-leading brandsand a strong reputation inpumps. My mission is to supportand grow that position, throughnew product development,which focuses on our customersneed to reduce their pumpingsystem life cycle costs.

Warren MartinValves

Our development of new,enhanced slurry valve productsis of vital importance tocustomers. By integratingvalves and controls into wholesystem solutions, we can delivergreat improvements in processreliability and productivity.

Paul GottMill Liners

Rapid advances in mill linertechnology are integral to thewear life of slurry handlingsystems. Based on this, I amclosely involved in structuringwhole-life maintenancecontracts to enhance processefficiency year on year.

Ricardo GaribCyclones

Reliability is the most importantthing in this area. We alreadydeliver the best products, andby securing service agreementswhere we are on-site, 24 hours,7 days a week, we can offercomplete reliability.

Allan WightleyEngineering Best Practice

My role is to focus on thedevelopment of materials andprocesses across the division,ensuring that best practice isshared and rapidly established.My remit is not product-specific.It means recognising innovationwherever it occurs.

Jim KewinWeir Production System

Im charged with implementingthe Weir Production Systemthroughout Weir Mineralsoperations. My experience ofLean manufacturing gives methe insight to help plantmanagers eliminate waste,increase inventory turns andimprove performance.

Peter KrummPurchasing

The creation of a globalpurchasing resource based on an accurate database ofcomponents, materials andtheir suppliers, is a priority inrealising synergies and assuringstandards worldwide. My taskis to establish an effectiveshared purchasing service.

Dick BushellGlobal Marketing

Our marketing philosophy is allabout giving our customers theproducts they need, when theyneed them and at the lowestpossible ownership cost. My roleis to coordinate our globalmarketing activities so as toensure we consistently achievethis in all our chosen markets.

Across Weir Minerals, we havedesignated key individuals aschampions for the delivery of ourcapability to customers. Theirspecialist expertise is combined witha commitment to our strategy forgrowth and continuous improvement.

The role of the champion is:

To implement Weir Minerals and Group strategyacross the division, worldwide

To establish key performance indicators andstructures that will improve operating performance

To participate in the strategic development of new products and initiatives in collaboration with other champions

To drive closer links and partnerships with our customers

Weir Slurry2701 S. Stoughton RdMadison, WI 53716USAT: +1 608 221 2261F: +1 608 221 5807

Weir Hazleton Inc225 N Cedar StreetHazleton PA 18201USAT: +1 570 455 7711F: +1 570 459 2586

Weir Brasil LtdaRua Joo Ventura Batista, 622 Vila Guilherme 02054-100 So Paulo BrasilT: +55 11 6905 1860F: +55 11 6905 1741

Weir Vulco PeruAvenida Argentina#1969 Lima PeruT: +51 1 336 8209F: +51 1 336 8656

Weir Vulco SASan Jose 0815San Bernardo, RM ChileT: +56 2 754 2100F: +56 2 859 2123

Weir IndupaqChillan #2318IndependenciaSantiago, ChileT: +56 2 737 6126F: +56 2 737 5673

Weir WarmanLimitedHalifax Road,TodmordenLancashire, OL14 5RTUKT: +44 (0)1706 814 251 F: +44 (0)1706 815 350

Weir Envirotech SAS11 rue PascalEuroparc du Chene69673 BRON CedexFranceT: +33 (0)4 72 81 72 72F: +33 (0)4 72 81 76 43

Weir Netherlands BVEgtenrayseweg 95928 PH VenloThe NetherlandsT: +31 77 3895200F: +31 77 3824844

Weir Envirotech (Pty) Ltd31 Isando RoadIsando 1600, GautengSouth AfricaT: +27 11 929 2600F: +27 11 929 2950

Weir Warman Ltd1 Marden StreetArtarmonNSW 2064AustraliaT: +61 2 9934 5100F: +61 2 9934 5201

Weir Minerals Division

2701 South Stoughton RoadMadison, Wisconsin 53716USA

Tel: +1 608 221 2261Fax: +1 608 221 5807www.weirminerals.com

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First choice for process efficiencyIntroducing Weir MineralsCapability matrixProduct PortfolioGeographical FootprintCustomer Profile

The Weir Group PLC operating as a global familyMeeting the needs of customers worldwideBest product for processMinimum downtime, minimum disruption to processGlobal supply, local supportConsolidating the supply baseBest people in the right placeWeir Minerals: Operational championsLocation contact information

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