Pumping Platinum Slurry Verder Pumps SA (Pty) Ltd, provide mining supplies to most of the mines in the Rustenburg area. Of these, the Angloplat operation has 3 running VF125 pumps at their Waterval Smelter plant. With the change of processes at the smelter and the need for reliable quality pumps, Div de Villiers, Engineering Specialist at the Waterval Smelter, took into consideration the Verder range of pumps which are renowned for their durability, and are able to withstand the demand for the capacity for the pumping of slurries. After a strategic consultation with Verder Pumps SA ’s engineers , three VF125 pumps were acquired for the plant. The offloading pump, used to transfer the concentrate (SG 1.5) from the trucks to the tank, previously took one hour 45 minutes, whereas the offloa

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