Ricardo Garib, Weir Minerals Divisional President commented: “As part of their Green Steel Initiative, Ferrexpo challenged us to help create the most energy and cost-efficient flow sheet. Our process engineers have worked tirelessly to provide a solution that uses our large-format high volume equipment to increase capacity while also delivering significant carbon savings. This is a real win-win.”

Weir’s Enduron^® HPGRs are increasingly replacing conventional mills in comminution (crushing, screening and grinding) circuits because of their substantially lower energy consumption and potential for significant total cost of ownership reductions.

Stuart Hayton, Managing Director of Weir Minerals Netherlands, where the Enduron^® HPGRs are designed and manufactured, added: “Not only do Enduron^® HPGRs require as much as 40% less energy than traditional alternatives, their wearable components last much longer and the maintenance time required to replace worn out parts is significantly lower. The estimated carbon saving of each Enduron^® HPGR in operation is equivalent to taking more than 3,600 petrol fuelled cars off the roads each year.”