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Copper mine sees wear life quadruple

GIW Industries, a specialist in the design, manufacture and application of heavy-duty, centrifugal slurry pumps, says its solution brought about the quadrupling of pump wear life at a South American copper mine.

Nadav Shemer
Comparing the two

Comparing the two

The mine operator had struggled for years to reduce maintenance downtime in its tailings operations, GIW said, with the tailings material wearing out pumps more quickly than other equipment in the tailings...

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