Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 1 April 2011

Mining services company Reynolds Soil Technologies’ (RST) proven research and continued growth has lead to its coveted reputation as the preferred dust, earth and water solution providers to major mining houses across Australia.

This commitment to research and development has lead to a recent upgrade of products and an extension of RST’s range of services to now include innovative mechanical dust management technologies through the complete materials supply chain.

Having spent more than 15 years operating in Mt Isa, RST is now looking to expand into the region’s mechanical dust suppression markets.

“We started out in Mount Isa in the early 90′s building roads, and we’re still up there with the expanded dust management programs,” said technical and development director David Handel.

Using new and innovative turnkey technology, RST’s road stabilisation validation systems now feature new mechanical devices and improved engineering for on-site analysis.

“We are continually improving our product range and growing our services and the move into mechanical markets has taken a huge lift with out new ‘Teksmart’ division.”

“RST is now showing we can take on projects outside the sphere with proven results,” he said.

“The biggest value to clients is the on-the-ground support; with men, equipment and vehicles, as well as continual testing, improvement and monitoring.”

For more information please contact Reynolds Soil Technologies on (07) 5522 0244.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 1 April 2011

Mining services company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) is adapting its innovative technologies to answer demand for regulated sediment control in the global civil and construction industries.

Further growth and expansion globally, particularly into regions that experience high rainfall periods, saw RST begin to see client looking for material handling solutions relating to wet and sticky sediment.

Having built a strong reputation specialising in dust suppression and erosion control solutions for the mining industry, RST has developed a specialised range of products to prevent sediment and turbid (or dirty) water from entering drains and waterways.

RST’s strong industry experience is now seeing their products being used across large scale construction, road maintenance and engineering projects, providing solutions for the management of environmentally regulated sediment control, including areas recently effected by floods.

Strict nationwide environmental regulations set out by the national Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local councils stipulate that no residue or waste can be flushed  down storm water drains or into waterways, and any liquid run-off from construction, mines or civil sites must be clear, not grey or coloured. Failure to comply can result in hefty fines.

The Queensland-based innovator originally developed a range of products designed to manage sediment for the mining industry, but contractors across the civil and construction industry are now taking advantage of the technology while controlling run-off.

Wayne Van Valkenburg, owner of concrete cutting and core drilling company Cut and Core, has enlisted the services of RST for more than 13 years.

As a contractor for three Councils in Sydney, Mr Van Valkenburg sought RST’s services after searching for a product that would suit requirements for run off management of concrete residue and asphalt.

“I came across the product in a trade show,” he said.

“I was looking for a remedy for my problem. They gave me a presentation on how the product works and how they use it in the mining industry, and showed me how it could work for my problem.

“RST gave me a sample to try, it worked perfectly and I’ve used it ever since. It’s very economical, it greatly reduces the amount of slurry that goes down the road and it’s easily contained.

“If there is any run-off, it’s only clear water.

“Using this product, it allows me to contain the waste a thte site of the cutting and it attaches to the cuttings in the water before going down the street. It thickens up straight away, so you can actually pick it up with a shovel.”

RST director Peter Parkinson said the products have been designed to control dust and sediment in some of the most volatile mining environments in Australia and the civil and construction sector is another huge growth area.

He said the diverse nature of the products meant they are now being used across all sorts of industries, which is a testament to the high quality and versatility of RST’s innovations.

“The control of dust and sediment is a huge industry, and one that spans many sectors,” said Mr Parkinson.

“Our products were designed for specific use in the mining industry, in coal transport and on haul roads. But realistically, the control of dust and sediment is applicable to many different industries. Sediment and dust are the same – rather than dust being blown away, sediment is dust being clogged up in water.”

RST has developed a full sediment control package which includes environmentally friendly binding products that prevent the sediment being washed into water courses and that cures and treats turbid water, removing the sediment to levels acceptable for release by environmental bodies.

“These technologies are available in liquid, powder or block form and can be used as a preventative or a treatment,” said Mr Parkinson.

“The binding agents hold the fines in place on the exposed ground. This stops them from washing away and polluting the water. We can also tailor the specific treatment or products to each project. With RST, each job is as individual as the solution.:

RST has more than 20 years experience in total dust management and soil erosion management.

The Burleigh Heads-based company designs, constructs and maintains all systems. With qualified site technicians managing each program, RST will implement continual improvement programs to ensure that all products and systems are supplying clients with optimum results.

For more information, please contact Reynolds Soil Technologies on (07) 5522 0244.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 25 March 2011

Gold Coast-based mining solutions provider Reynolds Soil Technologies has scored a major contract in South America, pushing the company closer to establishing a new manufacturing plant in Chile or Colombia to cope with rising demand.

Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) has been appointed sole dust suppressant provider to the Pascua Lama gold, silver and copper mine on the Chilean and Argentinean border.

RST, which is using its RT9 product on the open-put mine which produces more than 300,00 tonnes of ore a year, exports more than 120,000 litres of its dust-suppression product into the region each month. The Burleigh Heads company’s rapid expansion has seen it establish an on-the-ground agent in the region and RST said it was investigating the possibility of manufacturing product directly out of Chile and Colombia to support the fast-expanding market.

Technical and development director David Handel said RST was exporting the product as quickly as it was producing it.

“They want the product quickly – we can get it to them in 32 days but we would like to better that,” Mr Handel said.

“If we could set up to manufacture product in the region, it would obviously prove more logistically efficient but would also open us up to ore market opportunity.”

RST’s latest South American deal comes on the heels of the company establishing a new manufacturing arm in Brazil less than a year ago.

As part of its South American business development strategy, Mr Handel said RST was positioning to continue growth in what was the company’s biggest market outside of Australia.

“We have been introducing our technology and solutions to this market for the past three years, with initial trials proving very successful,” Mr Handel said.

He said the offshore manufacturing and distribution centres enabled the company to reduce its carbon footprint.

RST director Peter Parkinson said it was a “top priority to ensure RST and their clients commit to environmentally friendly solutions to dust control”.

“Our clients already have strict environmental guidelines in place and we assist by helping them to meet these guidelines.

“We also consciously choose to operate in the best interests of the environment and we are always looking for ways to reduce product livels and minimise export costs.”

RST specialises in dust management, soil stabilisation and erosion, water and and agricultural solutions.

The company is headquartered at Burleigh Heads and also has a presence in Western Australia.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 21 March 2011

Mining resource company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) is seeing its proven Superskin technology work its magic on some of the most volatile environments across the country.

The most recent project involved the sealing of a major tailings dam on a remote gold mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, which saw RST assist in the care and maintenance of a 100 hectare tailings dam, effectively sealing the dam until required for future use.

The Kalgoorlie project follows studies undertaken by independent testing body Introspec Consulting, which has shown Superskin to be environmentally friendly, logistically efficient and cost-effective.

Where traditional long wearing veneer crusting agents would use up to 60,000L of product for the Kalgoorlie project, Superskin used only 6000L to achieve the same result.

The revolutionary concept is setting a new benchmark for veneer dust suppressants across the industry by conserving more water, decreasing transport costs and cutting emissions.

RST business development manager Robert Baker said Superskin applications were now complete on the tailings dam, with everyone on site completely satisfied with the results.

“We started applying the Superskin agent and virtually the following day we began to see results,” said Mr Baker.

“From the point of application we began to see the dust eliminating.

“It then began to form a crusting on the surface, eventually losing full moisture and drying out. Ultimately, it did exactly what it was meant to do.

“We’ve applied the technology to over 100 hectares.

“Being such a large scale project, we were very pleased with the results.”

Traditional veneer treatments are designed to crust large areas for prolonged periods, requiring large volumes of product, excessive transport, storage and logistics on-site.

The Superskin studies were conducted in laboratories at the Tunra Bulk Solids Handling Research Associates center at the University of Newcastle. Introspec researcher John Planner said the results of the Superskin technology during testing were impressive.

“The studies were conducted by setting up a series of wind tunnels simulating air flow over a stockpile or rail wagon, imitating operational transport,” said Mr Planner.

“We prepared a sample at a dosage rate nominated by RST and applied one litre of product per square metre to the area, measuring dust lift off for the duration of the testing. It was effective at sealing the surface and was resistant to wind impact, resulting in no airborne particles.”

RST technical and development director David Handel said the results shown by the Introspec studies are a huge vote of a confidence for potential and existing clients.

“These findings are confirming what we already believed Superskin had the power to do and it gives much credence to support Superskin,” said Mr Handel.

“We are now starting to see these proven results on site, which is fantastic. There are a lot of areas that require this kind of product and there is certainly great potential for more jobs to come from the Kalgoorlie area.”

Publication: Queensland Business Review
Date: 10 March 2010

Less than a year after launching an additional manufacturing arm in Brazil, Queensland mining services provider Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) has landed a lucrative contract on the Chilean and Argentinean border.

Continuing its success in the South American market, the Gold Coast-based company has been appointed sole dust suppressant provider to the Pascua Lama mine. 

RST is using its RT9 product on the open-pit mine which produces more than 300,000 tonnes of gold, silver, copper and other minerals and now exports more than 120,000 litres into the region each month.

Located in the Frontera District in Chile’s Atacama Region and spreading across to Argentina’s San Juan Province, the Pascua Lama mine is up to 5,200m above sea level and began operation in 2009.

RST’s rapid expansion has seen it establish an on-the-ground agent in the region and the directors are now investigating the possibility of manufacturing product directly out of Chile and Colombia to support the fast expanding market. 

Technical and development director David Handel says RST is exporting the product as quickly as it is producing it. 

“They want the product quickly – we can get it to them in 32 days, but we would like to better that,” Handel says.

“If we could set up to manufacture product in the region, it would obviously prove more logistically efficient, but would also open us up to more market opportunity,” he says.

With more than 20 years experience in total dust control and soil erosion solutions, RST has been operating across mines in Australia and overseas for several years, designing innovative and holistic dust suppression solutions.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 21 February 2011

Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) train spray system technology is leading the way in dust control in the coal transportation industry, using 90 per cent less product than other systems.

The Queensland based innovator has developed a revolutionary train spray technology that effectively put a stop to coal ‘fly-aways’ during rail transportation, and is both eco-friendly and uses minimal product to get the job done. The mining services company identified a gap in the market for a long-wearing veneer crusting agent that requires less storage and packaging and significantly decreases transport and logistical expenses, ultimately minimising the carbon footprint of haulage companies.

Coal mines are said to lose in excess of $16 million in escapement of coal each year.

On large scale operations, dust suppression products may need to keep dust at bay for as many as two million rail wagons.

After observing the amount of product required for a typical rail transport project, RST set out to develop a more sustainable product while still achieving quality results.

RST’s technical and development director David Handel personally consulted chemical experts to develop an alternative and after nine months of rigorous testing, developed Superskin.

The ground breaking eco dust suppressant is now being integrated into the company’s spray system technologies to effectively treat mass coal movement, eliminating dust.

“Every year coal companies experience huge loss, a loss that coal mines can’t afford,” said Mr Handel.

“Together with Superskin and on-going technology and research, we are moving to put a stop to this loss.”

Mr Handel said some products on the market require a standard dosage rate of two per cent chemical applied to one litre.

Over a square metre, this equates to more than 2 million litres of chemical being shipped to coal facilities all over Queensland.

“Put simply in terms of transport, this means more than 100 semi trailers would be required to supply these chemicals,” he said.

“We have developed an application which uses significantly less product to achieve the exact same result – using only 200,000 litres of product, rather than two millions, which is 90 per cent less.

“In transport terms, we’re taking 10 semi trailers, not 100.” RST’s ‘green’ technology is exciting news not only for the industry, but also for the environment.

“Superskin also uses less raw materials and manufacturing costs, less packaging, freight and storage and of course less on site re-handling,” said Mr Handel.

“The biggest thing is protecting the environment. We, together with the mining companies, have an obligation to protect the environment and continue to develop eco-friendly, sustainable products.”

RST has more than 20 years experience in total dust management and soil erosion management. The Burleigh Heads based company designs, constructs and maintains all systems. With qualified site technicians managing each program, RST will implement continual improvement programs to ensure that all products and systems are supplying clients with optimum results.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 18 February 2011

The Superskin technology from mining resource company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) is continuing to prove its worth in some of the most volatile environments across the country.

The most recent project involved the sealing of a major tailings dam on a remote gold mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The project saw RST assist in the care and maintenance of a 100 hectare tailings dam and effectively sealing the dam until it will be required for future use.

Superskin used 6000-litres of water to achive the required results at the Kalgoorlie project while tradition, long-wearing veneer crusting agents would use up to 60,000 litres to achieve the same results.

The works at the Kalgoorlie project followed studies undertaken by independent testing body, Introspec Consulting, which showed Superskin to be environmentally friendly, logistically efficiency and cost-effective.

The revolutionary oncept has set a new benchmark for veneer dust suppressants accros the industry by conserving more water, decreasing transport costs and cutting emissions.

RST business development manager Robert Baker said Superskin applications were now complete on the tailings dam, with everyone on site compltely satisfied with the results.

“We started applying the Superskin agent and virtually the following day we began to see results,” said Mr Baker.

“From the point of application we began to see the dust eliminating. It then began to form a crusting on the surface, eventually losing full moisture and drying out. Ultimately, it did ecactly what it was meant to do.

“We’ve applied the technology to over 100 hectares. Being such a large scale project, we were very pleased with the results.”

Traditional veneer treatments are designed to crust large areas for prolonged periods, requiring large volumes of product, excessive transport, storage and logistics on-site.

The Superskin studies were conducted in laboratories at the Tunra Bulk Solids Handling Research Associates centre at the University of Newcastle. Introspec researcher John Planner said the results of the Superskin technology during testing were impressive.

“The studies were conducted by setting up a series of wind tunnels simulating air flow over a stockpile or rail wagon, imitating operational transport” said Mr Planner.

“We prepared a sample at a dosage rate nominated by RST and applied one litre of product per square metre to the area, measuring dust lift off over an eight hour period.

“At the nominated dosage rate, Superskin was found to have zero per cent lift for the duration of the testing. It was effective at sealing the surface and was rsistant to wind impact, resulting in no airborne particles.”

RST technical and development director David Handel said the results shown by the Introspec studies are a huge vote of confidence for potential and existing clients.

“These findings are confirming what we already believed Superskin had the power to do and it gives much credence to support Superskin,” said Mr Handel.

“We are now starting to see these proven results on site, which is fantastic. There are a lot of areas that require this kind of product and there is certainly great potential for more jobs to come from the Kalgoorlie area.”

RST has more than 20 years experience in total dust management and sediment control.

The Burleigh heads-based company designs, constructus and maintains all systems.

With qualified site technicians managing each program, RST will implement continual improvement programs to ensure that all products and systems are supplying clients with optimal results.

Publication: The Mining Chronicle
Date: 2 February 2010

Australian owned Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) have again proved that they are the experts in fine particle management, supplying leading edge technology to solve client’s dust, sediment and material handling problems.

RST began developing liquid soil modification technology 22 years ago, which changed and modified clay particles to reverse the way they react negatively to water. These products are now used globally to strengthen and stabilise unsealed roads, preventing them from failing in wet conditions.

With so much knowledge gained in working with the fine fractions of soil, RST later expanded into ‘dust control‘, developing a range of additivies and systems to suppress dust in the mining, civil and construction industries.

Further growth and expansion globally, particularly into regions that experience high rainfall periods, saw RST begin to see clients looking for solutions for sediment control and material handling problems relating to wet and sticky ‘fines’.

This lead to the realisation of total dines managmenet – with RST identifying the same ‘fines’ are at the cause of all problems. Put simply, fines are dust when dry and sediment when wet. By linking all problem areas back to dealing with and treating the fine fraction of any material, RST have proved themselves to be the leading solutions provider for all problems relating to dust, earth and water.

For more information please contact Reynolds Soil Technologies (07) 5522 0244.

Significant flooding occurred in many areas of Queensland, Australia during late December 2010 and early January 2011, with three quarters of the state declared a disaster zone.

Recovery work is underway, with support available for those affected and opportunities for everyone to help others in need.

RST has products to assist the flood damage reconstruction efforts.

Among many others, the following RST products will greatly aid the process.

• RT5 Superskin – Stockpile and exposed ground crusting agent for dust control
• RT20 Soil Stabiliser – Liquid soil stabiliser and compaction aid
• Total Ground Control – Long term dust suppressant, dust controlling and erosion controlling agent

For more information, please contact Head Office on 5522 0244.

Queensland mining company Reynolds Soil Technologies has a solution to the on-going problem to many port authority management teams of dust control.

By modifying its dust suppression products, RST has devised a solution for use at Australia’s ports.

After completing trials on Australia’s east and west coasts, RST is looking to secure contacts with Australia’s various port Authorities to offer a holistic dust management solutions.

RST technical and development director David Handel said the management of dust control while transporting minerals from mines to shop required specific procedures and technology that the company had developed over the past 20 years.

Mr Handel said, due to the sensitive environment around most ports, dust management has become more important

RST is using its Superskin technology, a veneer eco dust suppressant, to help control dust at ports. The Superskin technology, like all RST products and solutions are tailor-made to match individual job requirements.

“We work with a variety of shipping ports throughout Australia who are extremely proactive in managing their entire shipping process,” he said. “Shipping ports work in strict environmental guidelines. We are helping them meet these guidelines and complement the procedures they already have in place,” he said.

“We also offer cost-effective water-saving solutions and our proven technologies work.”

The company is also using purpose designed spray systems to apply foamers, water extenders and crusting agents to the transported minerals to suppress dust en route to the vessel.

RST technologies also include a non-stick agent called Release It, which is sprayed on the rail wagon and truck trays to eliminate any carry-back to the mine sites.

“This includes management stockpiles, loading, transporting and unloading throughout the whole material supply chain, ensuring dust is kept to a minimum or totally eliminated,” said Mr Handel.

The new Superskin uses 90% less product than anything else in the marketplace.

Mr Handel is pleased with the progress.

“Shipping ports are a new growth area for us. We ensure the transportation and movement of products is completed in the safest and cleanest possible way, so that there is generally a more pristine environment near the ocean and towns.”

“There is a strong market for our dust management solutions for the entire process from mines through to the transportation and movement of materials and, ultimately, to the ports.”

RST is fielding enquiries from a number of interested ports and has a contract in the pipeline with Queensland Rail.