On September 13, 2022, Future of Mining 365 interviewed Lynn Edwards, project manager at Midwest, about the MineKleen underground mine dust control system. The MineKleen® system includes MineKleen Plus® and the MineKleen® Sprayer. More information can be found at MineKleen.com. A transcript of the video is provided below. The original video has been posted on the Future of Mining 365 …
A Visible Victory Over Respirable Mine Dust in Underground Mines
The easiest way to recognize a dust control program that is working is to simply not see any more fugitive, respirable mine dust. Sometimes, achieving this while avoiding a host of other negative side effects is difficult, especially when using above-ground surface dust control methods.
Mastering Dust Control in Mining: a Case Study
We’ve talked a lot about the science of dust control—such as the many factors that affect your dust control program—here on our blog. As we’ve said many times, dust control in mining is never as simple as dumping water on an unpaved haul road and hoping that cuts it. Instead, as an operations manager at a mine, you have to …
DEBUNKED: 4 Reasons Water is NOT Sufficient for Mining Dust Control
If you are still using water for dust control in your underground mine, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. Water is an extremely temporary solution that, in the long run, both wracks up costs and wears away the surfaces it’s used on. As a reactive mining dust control measure, you are likely spending far more on it than you imagine. …
How Midwest’s MineKleen Program Saved One Mine Nearly a Quarter Million Dollars Per Year in Underground Mine Dust Suppression
A major North American non-ferrous underground metal mining company was using a commercial dust suppression product to suppress dust in their underground mine. Per mine management, this product was not meeting their needs, usage was much higher than they wanted and the costs (approximately $650,000 annually) were not meeting their expectations. The chemical product that was then being used had …