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In order to prevent water pollution in northern Israel, ProMinent has delivered urgently needed metering technology there. To protect surface water from contamination, a large chlorination plant was set up to disinfect water in the region for agricultural irrigation.

In continuous operation since 1857, Zinkgruvan is one of the oldest underground mines in Sweden. It is located close to the town of Askersund, in an area known for its mining tradition, 250 kilometres southwest of Stockholm, and was acquired by the Canadian Lundin Mining Corporation in 2004.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from CH. Karnchang (Lao) Company Ltd. to supply the electro-mechanical equipment for the newly constructed Luang Prabang run-of-river hydropower plant, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Marine pump specialist Svanehøj marks the end of a remarkable 2022 with a significant order of 98 electric cargo pumps for seven LNG-/LBG-fueled chemical & product tankers. The client is the joint venture-company FureBear.

The Wilo Group is donating 55 more PAUL* water backpacks to treat water in the troubled region. The Wilo Group already brought more than 70 of the portable, energy self-sufficient water treatment units to the war zone in cooperation with partners from German water management and local aid organisations in the spring.

Sulzer pump specialists have helped global miner Anglo American overcome persistent reliability problems at an important iron ore project in Brazil. Since the switch to Sulzer’s range of advanced dewatering pumps, the site has experienced improved reliability and reduced spending on spare parts and maintenance.

Amarinth has delivered an order to Norway’s process engineering business Kanfa for API 610 OH1 pumps for a second oil train on the FPSO operating in the Karish field, off Israel.

When a well in an oilfield is first opened, generally there is plenty of existing pressure and volume for oil, gas and water to reach the surface. Over time, however, that initial boost reduces and artificial lift methods must be applied to literally push those resources to the surface.

Digital technology company InfoTiles has won the opportunity to demonstrate its water management platform with a municipality in western Switzerland. The BlueArk Challange is a call for projects that aim to solve water management challenges using open innovation ideas and technologies.

The pumps will support a number of critical applications to convert waste oils and fats into renewable fuels with a lower carbon cost.