Codelco Ministro Hales

Between 2016 and 2018, Codelco División Ministro Hales and Codelco´s Division Radomiro Tomic runned comprehensive dust control and soil stabilization solutions tests for their haul roads. Codelco looked for cost-effective solutions that suppress 95% of dust emissions, reduce water consumption by 80%, and are safe and non toxic, nor corrosive.

Codelco´s divisions tested more than ten solutions from worldwide suppliers, including ABCDust´s haul road additive, DMS-DS. Each supplier tested their solution´s brake distance and suppression efficiency capacity in a 10-15% haul road ramp for a period of one to two months.

DMS-DS, is a nanopolymer based dust control additive with an optimized its application protocol for different soil types and traffic conditions. The applications of DMS-DS fulfilled the goals of dust suppression efficacy by 95-98%, saved 80 to 90% of water and improving the brake distance in 10-15% ramps by 32 to 80%. Furthermore, ABCDust´s DMS-DS probed to be more effective and economic than chlorides salts and water by 40 to 60%, reducing accidents and maintenance costs.

ABCDUST´s  great service and cost effective solution were selected by Codelco División Ministro Hales and Codelco División Radomiro Tomic, as their current gold standard for haul road dust suppression.