Mining
A well-known fact within the mining industry is that hauling costs can account for up to 50% of the total operating costs incurred by a surface mine. Therefore any savings generated from improved road design and management benefit the mining company directly, resulting in reduced cost per ton of material hauled. Dust emanating from these roads, as well as tailings piles, can also plague nearby communities and therefore a proper dust mitigation strategy can be an important factor for mines’ CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policies. Taking these facts into consideration, Cypher Environmental developed a strategy to design products that can enhance the engineering properties of mine haul roads, improving their stability in all weather conditions, reducing dust and maintenance requirements, with a specific focus on reducing rolling resistance.
How do I reduce operational costs on road management?
Reduce your operating costs on haul roads, develop dust mitigation strategies to protect nearby communities and find solutions for better tailings management.
Learn how we can introduce our solutions to your road network to help reduce your impact on the environment while also cutting down on operating costs.
How to reduce emissions from roads?
It is true that proper road design and the choice of the correct road building materials can have an impact on reducing dust on haul and access roads. However, since these roads are always unpaved, additional measures must be taken to reduce road dust emissions, and the old fashioned method of just using water is highly outdated due to the amount of water being consumed, not to mention fuel burned by the constant use of the heavy water trucks. Therefore a proper dust control product should be applied, such as Dust/Blokr®, to provide for long term dust reductions. It is designed to be applied with typical water trucks found at mine sites, and are engineered to withstand heavy and frequent haul truck traffic, providing for long term results.
How can we save money on how we build haul roads?
Many mines are built in areas with limited resources, in terms of adequate road building materials. In cases where abundant materials that are rich in clay content exist, Road//Stabilizr® is very well suited to significantly enhance the engineering properties of these materials. Road//Stabilizr® works to stabilize soils with approximately 20% or higher passing the No. 200 (75 um) sieve, which are normally known for swelling when wet, and having characteristically low CBR (California Bearing Ratio) values. The use of Road//Stabilizr® reduces this swell potential of the clay material, providing for enhanced performance of the road in wet weather, and for significantly higher soaked and unsoaked CBR values. These high clay content materials are typically much cheaper than traditional road building aggregates, and therefore the use of Road//Stabilizr® allows for significant cost savings on materials used to build haul roads.
What is Cypher Green Roads?
Better Communities.
Eco-Road Hero and Cypher Environmental have a strong commitment to Environmental Social Governance (ESG) & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We support the Cypher Green Roads policy which aims to give back by enhancing local roads and infrastructure in the communities in which our products are being used around the world.
Cypher Green Roads mandates that we donate substantial volumes of product and/or a portion of profit from a project to local communities in need; located near mines and large projects that are using Cypher products.
Why Support Cypher Green Roads?
Better Planet.
It is our goal to help mines and industry reduce their environmental impact overall during their project, as well as to help them create good will and make a positive impact within neighbouring communities in which their projects are taking place.
Here are some examples of previous Green Roads projects