Palabora Mining Company with the world’s largest known reserves of Vermiculite and the belief in running their operations in an environmentally responsible way has taken the decision to find a way of reducing the generation of dust from those operations. Palabora shares a common border with KrugerRead more →
As part of their Environmental Management System, Palabora Mining decided to control the dust generated by their mining operations throughout the mine. The areas of concern included the parking area for the mining offices, the in-plant road, and the area in front of the workshop. Durasolution (dustRead more →
Wilderness Safaris, after being granted permission from the Botswana Government to build an airstrip, which would allow guests easier access to their lodge, which was previously done by helicopter, contacted Soil Solutions about the use of its flagship product- EBS® Soil Stabilizer. An environmental impact assessment was
Read more →Soil Solutions was contacted by Xstrata Coal (Witbank, South Africa) to construct and stabilize the gravel access road to the mine. The road construction was done using the following process: Construction of the subgrade to final grades and elevations (line and levels). Scarifying the existing subgrade soilRead more →
For a Gold mine to run efficiently and productively there are many extraneous unforeseen conditions that arise and impede the daily functioning of the mine in resulting in hazardous working conditions and that could even lead to a loss in production. This was the case at Great
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