Australian
headquartered
mining and
civil services
firm Global
Road Technology
(GRT) is
experiencing a
surge in global
growth due to
its growing
reputation as a
world-leader in
dust and erosion
control
products
and strategies
across
large-scale
mining, civil,
industrial and
agricultural
sites. The
recent
tightening of
legislation
across
Australia
regarding air
quality caused
by mining
activity
provides
further
validation to
its investment
creating
world-leading
products and
refining
techniques to
suppress dust
– meeting
some of the
most stringent
government
legislation and
controls on the
planet.
Leading
Australian
resource sector
and civil
services firm
Global Road
Technology
(GRT) is
experiencing a
surge in
international
enquiries from
the mining,
construction
and
agricultural
sectors due to
its leadership
in the battle
against air
pollution
caused by
exposure to
coal, silica,
and other
harmful dust.
This
leadership is
due to a
decade-long
investment in
research and
development
that has
resulted in
unique,
Australian made
products,
services,
equipment and
processes that
provide clients
practical
strategies and
solutions to
reduce the
exposure of
workers and
communities to
the impact of
potentially
deadly dust
pollution
caused by
mining, land
development and
agricultural
activity. This
investment into
creating
products that
meet the
strictest
government
guidelines
meant the
company was
ready over the
last 12 months
to meet
industry demand
– locally and
globally –
when
governments
across
Australia
strengthened
legislation to
put pressure on
firms to have
comprehensive
dust control
management
strategies.
This
has required a
greater focus
on compliance
from the
mining,
industrial,
construction
and
agricultural
sectors to
ensure that
dust management
strategies are
a core focus to
reduce the
impact that air
pollution has
on both workers
and
communities.
GRT
General
Manager, Daniel
Grundy believes
that the surge
in growth the
firm is
experiencing is
the fruit of a
decade-long
investment. The
company has
made in
solutions and
services
specifically
designed to
stop dust and
erosion hazards
at the source
from the
mining,
construction
and
agricultural
sectors and
meet the
highest safety
standards
outlined by
governing
bodies.
Our
firm’s
products,
applications
and services
are nearly all
developed
within
Australia for
the purpose of
adhering to
Australian
government
guidelines and
on dust
suppression and
are developed
to the highest
standards for
the purpose of
aiding our
clients in
compliance to
ensure they
avoid fines or
other forms of
legal
penalties,
said Mr Grundy.
We
made a decision
as a business
some time ago
that wanted to
be seen as a
global leader
in our field
and this has
meant that our
focus when
developing a
new product or
providing a
service follows
the principles
outlined
particularly
well by the
Queensland
government when
they updated
their
legislation in
2018. This
means that our
approach is
based around
controlling/eliminating
dust by
engineering
controls at the
point of
generation.
GRT,
is a
world-leader in
the development
of
infrastructure
and process
solutions for
the mining,
civil and
agricultural
sectors that
minimise safety
issues, the
environmental
impact of road
building and
can be applied
across various
soil types –
making it
extremely
adaptable – a
major reason
for its usage
within the
Australian
mining
sector.
It
has developed a
range of
innovative
chemical
additives –
GRT: Haul-Loc,
GRT: Activate,
GRT: Ore-Loc,
and GRT:
Wet-Loc
designed
specifically
for managing
and containing
dust for the
purpose of
protecting
workers on
mining sites
and nearby
residents and
landholders
from airborne
dust pollution
and disease.
For countries
with large
resource-based
economies like
Australia these
solutions are
in high-demand
it allows
clients to
operate more
efficiently
whilst
protecting
staff,
communities and
the local
environment.
For
Daniel Grundy
it outlines
that the
firm’s core
focus on
becoming an
industry leader
in supporting
the mining
sector is based
around adhering
to one core
focus –
reducing the
risk of workers
being exposed
to hazardous
dust particles.
Our
products and
services are
designed for
the purpose of
reducing the
impact of
airborne dust
on people and
operations,
Mr Grundy
said.The
Queensland
state
governments
legislation in
relation to
hazard
reduction lines
up with the way
we develop our
own solutions
– what is the
most effective
way to
eliminate this
hazard. For
example, you
can’t change
the nature of
coal, but
changing the
nature of the
water sprayed
for dust
suppression is
something GRT
can do –
capturing dust,
eliminates the
hazard, and
also has the
added benefit
of saving water
in many of the
often dry parts
of not only
Australia but
worldwide where
much of our
mining activity
occurs.