EnviroTech Journal

Total Mining Solutions for the Mining Industry

Mining is a 24/7 operation with no margin for inefficiency. Every haul truck, every conveyor belt, every blast must work seamlessly to keep production on schedule. But across mine sites, one challenge consistently undermines efficiency, safety, and compliance: dust.

Dust may look like a minor inconvenience, but uncontrolled emissions affect every part of a mine. They shorten road life, obscure visibility, threaten worker health, trigger regulatory violations, and erode community trust. With MSHA’s new crystalline silica rule taking effect in 2024, mines face even greater pressure to control respirable dust at the source.

EnviroTech Services offers Total Mining Solutions, a portfolio of dust suppression, stabilization, and pile sealing products tailored to every part of a mine site. From haul roads and tailings to crushers and stockpiles, our chemistries deliver effective, sustainable results that reduce costs while supporting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments.

Since concrete has been around for so long, and we use so much of it, experts have been able to watch and study how it holds up to time, use, and seasonal change. Let’s take a closer look at concrete’s relationship with ice melt products and how to protect it.

As a site or project manager, you are always looking to maximize efficiency. When it comes to selecting dust control, it can be hard to  find a product that is suited to your site requirements, stay within budget, and aligned with the strategic goals of the operation. 

Calcium chloride (CaCl2) and magnesium chloride (MgCl2) have been used interchangeably for dust control in order to accommodate pricing and availability, reduce decision time, and simplify the buying process. The tendency to substitute magnesium for calcium chloride, or vice-versa, is exacerbated if you have limited access to supply stores. 

Because of the ongoing, and sometimes severe, drought conditions affecting many areas of the country, farmers are faced with learning new strategies to save water and reduce dependence on fertilizers. In many cases, the technologies they are turning to now have actually been available for many years but weren’t considered cost effective until farmers faced losing their crops to drought.

Dust control in the western part of the United States is not an easy task on any level. High winds and miles of wide-open fields blended with a scalding, arid climate causes extensive erosion that destroys everything in its path. The dust and pollutants carried with it on the breeze is sometimes unbearable for man or beast.