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		Queensland Coates Hire Rally The 2007 Coates Rally Queensland was the first round of the NEC Australian Rally Championship, and it was held on the weekend of March 31-April 1.
		Secret Ingredient Australia Mining Monthly March 2007 Page 42 Fancy cutting your water consumption, reducing fuel use and getting on top of haul road dust? The Queensland inventor of a bitumen emulsion dust control solution reckons he can deliver on all three points. Sunshine Coast-based Cooee Products managing director Tony Pynsent is the brainchild behind Cooee DustBloc, a non-toxic special additive-boosted formula that he said could reduce water consumption at some mines by up to 90%.
		Open Cut Coal Operations Expo - Guest Speaker Frank Vos Increase profitability by improving productivity 9-11 July 2007 Dust Management - The True Cost of Haul Road Dust Suppression Evaluating the true cost of using water to suppress dust Comparing the effectiveness of water versus chemical dust suppressants Factors to consider when managing dust suppression systems for mine haul roads.
		Roll out the DustBloc, says BHP Billiton The Mining Chronicle Volume 12 Number 2 March 2007 BHP Billiton has teamed up with Queensland research and development firm, Cooee Products in a bid to save millions of litres of water daily. ....The widespread uptake of this new technology could have a significant impact on state-wide water usage figures. Surface mines generally apply up to 10 loads of water per day to haul roads to keep dust under control...
		Environmental Protecton Agency The Compass "Queensland's case for business sustainability" Issue 17 Spring 2006 ... With a diminishing on-site water reserve, management at Goonyella Riverside were investigating ways of improving mine roads and reducing water use when they saw Cooee Products’ ‘DustBloc’ promoted on the ABC’s The New Inventors television program. After three comprehensive trials of DustBloc on haul roads at Goonyella Riverside, BHP Billiton and Cooee Products found the product successfully reduced water... Cooee Products’ Owner and Director, Mr Tony Pynsent, said the factors that set DustBloc apart from other dust suppression products were that it mixed freely with water and, once applied, soaked into the surface being treated....
		Bitumen Dust Suppression Trials The Mining Chronicle Volume 12 February 2007 .... The first two short trials successfully proved the concepts and processes, as well as effectively controlling dust. The 17-day long third trial successfully demonstrated that one daily product application provided effective dust control which compares with approximately 10 daily water applications. On two occasions the application frequency was lengthened to every day without any noticeable adverse effects on dust control....

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