Metals power the world. They are the backbone of our modern society. And metals are vital for a sustainable future too – copper for decarbonising and electrifying transport; lithium, nickel and cobalt for batteries and energy storage; iron and aluminium for the infrastructure to support widespread electrification.
Today, much of the metal used each year is extracted from our earth, and that is set to continue for decades to come. That’s why our customers in the mining industry are transforming to more sustainable practices and striving for Net Zero emissions.
And that presents an incredible challenge. How to get more of those metals from less. Less water, less waste, less energy and less CO2.
Here’s where Weir comes in. Our technologies are the beating heart of critical processes in mines across the globe. And we have made it our purpose to ensure the sustainable and efficient supply of the vital natural resources essential for a better world today, and for the future.
How? By challenging the norm with expertise in innovative engineering technology. Using our 150 years of experience of powering progress in the world’s major industries; by adapting and seeing things differently. Today our expertise and experience have never been more relevant as we help our mining customers transform, with technology to achieve the productivity and sustainability goals needed for us all to enjoy a low carbon future.
Weir is a mining technology company. Our technologies help customers in mining and similar industries operate with the highest productivity and lowest environmental impact.
Customers rely on our solutions and our service to keep their mission-critical operations running efficiently and drive their sustainability footprint down. We are located close to them, never more than 200km away, wherever they are in the world. And with our integrated network of technology hubs, manufacturing operations and local service centres, it is Weir technology, Weir brands and Weir people that are at the heart of the global mining industry.
We are a global family of c.12,000 people working across more than 50 countries across the globe focused on making mining smart, efficient and sustainable today, and for the future.
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Our values underpin how we live our purpose
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How do you even begin to trace the complex, interwoven threads of a century and a half of history? Born in the golden age of steam, the Weir Group continues to thrive in the digital era. In the intervening years since ‘James’ and ‘George’ opened their doors, so much has changed. Yet Weir endures, a living, breathing tribute to the many thousands of people whose hard work, brilliant ideas, true grit and dogged determination have shaped a global business that’s as relevant today as it was when steam powered an empire at its peak.