Sand mining destabilises riverbeds and affects local communities but new hi-tech surveillance can improve the monitoring of ...
Continental used silica for the very first time in its tread compounds for car tires. The properties of this filler ...
Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as “black lung ...
Due to lateral facies variations across the Williston Basin, the quality of the sand as a source of silica can be variable. In places, the Black Island Member can have a high clay content, and the ...
Any exposure to silica dust poses a risk to develop into black lung disease — an incurable scourge that’s been on the rise in Central Appalachia. For coal mines, where they’ve been monitoring the dust ...
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today announced a new empirical method for the analysis of iron oxide in silica sand. Application Note #1177 demonstrates the effectiveness and utility of the Rigaku ...