Recent news on Magnesium Chloride

Fire causes mag chloride spill  -  May 21, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,A Dumpster fire in an unincorporated area of Arapahoe County melted a nearby tank that spilled 1500 gallons of magnesium chloride into the sewer system

Menopausal Period and its Symptoms  -  May 20, 2007
Nutrition horizon (press release),In a study of more than 200 patients, Dr. W. Davis used magnesium chloride as a possible means of combating insomnia. The researcher reported that sleep was

Compass Minerals Subsidiary Announces Price Increase for Liquid ...  -  May 8, 2007
Business Wire (press release),This follows a $1 per-ton price increase in April on Dustgard® liquid magnesium chloride dust-control products. Compass Minerals is the leading producer of

News in Brief  -  May 16, 2007
Aspen Times,Crews are repairing ditches along Upper River Road, performing dust control and applying magnesium chloride on East Sopris Creek Road and patching pavement

Compass Minerals Declares Dividend  -  May 11, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Compass Minerals is a leading producer of inorganic minerals, including salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride.

Thunder Sword Completes Private Placement  -  26 Apr 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Thunder Sword also operates, under license, the Geermu project which produces high purity magnesium chloride in China and holds and operates the Pipe Lake

Thunder Sword Completes Private Placement  -  26 Apr 2007
Business Wire (press release),Thunder Sword also operates, under license, the Geermu project which produces high purity magnesium chloride in China and holds and operates the Pipe Lake

Maine De-Icing Seminar Held  -  Apr 23, 2007
Associated Construction Publications,An emphasis was placed on a magnesium chloride based product, Ice B'Gone, for pre-treating road salt, with a tour of a local Ice B'Gone treated salt

What's In A Breath of Fresh Air?  -  Apr 20, 2007
FirstScience,These mainly come from ions of sodium, magnesium, chloride and sulphate present in sea water. Sodium, the main positive ion found in sea water,

Colorado Springs Snow Removal  -  Apr 20, 2007
KKTV 11 News,Road crews don't use sand on the roads. They'll use magnesium chloride this year. This is the same stuff the state uses on roads across Colorado.

Overland Park Firm Gets Dust-Control Contract  -  Apr 11, 2007
KC Community News,Scotwood Industries of Overland Park was awarded its bids for delivering and applying magnesium chloride to control dust on Miami County's gravel roads.

ICL Reports Financial Results for Q4 and Full Year 2006  -  Mar 28, 2007
Earthtimes.org...to extract minerals from Israel's Dead Sea, a vast source of high-quality and low-cost potash, bromine, magnesium chloride and sodium chloride.

Compass Minerals Launches New Product for Backyard Swimming Pools  -  Apr 19, 2007
dBusinessNews Kansas City (press release),Compass Minerals is a leading producer of inorganic minerals, including salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride.

Spring snowstorm could begin tonight  -  Apr 11, 2007
Longmont Daily Times-Call,He said trucks are loaded with magnesium chloride, a melting agent, and sand. He said snow plow drivers will be notified the day before the storm hits

RFTA sees accident spike  -  Apr 8, 2007
Aspen Daily News,Most of the accidents involving RFTA buses are in the city of Aspen, where magnesium chloride -- the standard deicer used on Colorado highways -- is banned

State Patrol warns of icy roads  -  Apr 7, 2007
KOAA,Pennington spent Saturday morning coating the highway with magnesium chloride and says too many drivers were going too fast for the wet foggy roads.

April in the garden  -  Apr 5, 2007
YourHub.com,They aren't spreading hazardous chemicals, just trying not to absorb greasy dust and magnesium chloride. I'm really kind of surprised at how little damage

Inspired by TV show, Brooklyn mom practices savings discipline and ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
New York Daily News,A friend told Torres to buy magnesium chloride pellets to keep ice off the sidewalks and driveway because they are less damaging than rock salt.

Studies Find Majority Of Older Americans Have Sleep Problems ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Magnesium chloride is a unique form of magnesium which holds good benefit for older adults. In 1915, the French surgeon Pierre Delbet, MD,

Rising costs bite into Road Dept.  -  Mar 22, 2007
Wet Mountain Tribune,Engelhart and Trujillo told the county commissioners that the cost of fuel, as well as the cost of materials for patching, chip seal and magnesium chloride,

County Taking Bids For Dust Control Work  -  Mar 22, 2007
KC Community News,The Miami County Commission is taking bids for the application of magnesium chloride to control dust on heavily traveled gravel roads in the county.

Commission considers dust control  -  Mar 21, 2007
KC Community News,The Miami County Commission is taking bids for the application of magnesium chloride as dust control on the county's more heavily traveled gravel roads.

Controlling dust a costly proposition  -  Mar 15, 2007
Fergus Falls Daily Journal,At approximately $2000 a mile, application of magnesium chloride is more than many townships can afford to spend to keep its rural neighbors dust-free.

Roadway salinization: Salvation or assault?  -  Mar 5, 2007
Allentown Morning Call,Liquid magnesium chloride brings more horsepower to the race against ice, Young said, but it comes with a higher sticker price. At about $42 per ton,

Salt to prevent pollution  -  Mar 2, 2007
IcelandReview,Twenty-five tons of a chemical mixture including 20 percent of magnesium chloride, which is closely related to sodium chloride, or edible salt,

Building a better bridge  -  Mar 21, 2007
DetNews.com,Magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium chloride and calcium magnesium acetate are all derived from salt and are still somewhat corrosive.

County maintenance faces uphill battle  -  Mar 24, 2007
Montrose Daily Press,Magnesium chloride, for dust mitigation, runs at about $1570 per mile. Labor and equipment is extra. Nor is roadwork itself the only factor.

Clearing up questions about clearing roads  -  Mar 13, 2007
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,In the past, we used magnesium chloride along with salt and sand as our ice fighting tools. We currently use a mixture of salt and sand along with a calcium

Testing ground  -  Mar 8, 2007
Montana Forum,Problems taken from real life seemed to be the common theme at the fair, where students tackled problems such as how magnesium chloride — which is used to

MnDOT apologizes for Hovland  -  Mar 23, 2007
Cook County News Herald,Residents also asked if alternatives to salt had been considered, like magnesium chloride, which is being used in Duluth and around the nation.

From graders to gravel, reports loaded with dirt  -  Mar 4, 2007
Barre Montpelier Times Argus,Jericho's citizen Salt Research Committee investigated several alternatives (calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride …

Can Road Chemicals Hurt Your Car?  -  Mar 1, 2007
WCSH-TV,The Maine DOT says it uses rock salt as well as liquid calcium chloride and magnesium chloride to melt the ice. But officials say they've been using the

Road Salt Can Make Pets Sick  -  Feb 26, 2007
Boston Channel.com,Researchers said the magnesium chloride in some salts can give your dog intestinal problems if he licks it off his paws. To prevent sickness, vets said dogs

Tips and tools  -  Feb 25, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,Use deicers containing potassium chloride or magnesium chloride. Minimize salt use by laying it before a storm, when smaller quantities are effective.

Thunder Sword Receives MEGATEM Interpretation and Ground ...  -  Mar 21, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Thunder Sword also operates, under license, the Geermu project, which produces high-purity magnesium chloride in China, and holds and operates the Pipe Lake

County OKs pact to build health center  -  Mar 14, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,Commissioner Loretta Kennedy made the point that she doesn't like using magnesium chloride on roads because it can pollute water and provide a slick surface

The Stocks of Conan the Barbarian  -  Mar 13, 2007
24/7 Wall St.,Thunder Sword Resources Inc. is a Canada-based company engaged in mineral exploration and development, and sales of magnesium chloride.

County Committees Struggle With Priorities in Road Funding Plan  -  Mar 13, 2007
Telluride Watch,He also asked that the Road and Bridge Committee more “fully explore� cost effectiveness of chip seal versus more gravel and magnesium chloride on

Record pollution in Akureyri  -  Mar 9, 2007
IcelandReview,Authorities in Akureyri are expected to take similar measures as in Reykjavík to reduce pollution by spreading a mixture of magnesium chloride on the roads.

Rome DPW experiments with "green" road salt  -  Mar 5, 2007
News 10 Now,The substance, made by Cargill, is a combination of road salt, magnesium chloride, and food grade molasses. "The beauty of it is it works for sub-zero

Xeroxing our towns  -  Mar 3, 2007
Aspen Times,...obstructed by guard rails, asphalt smeared with magnesium chloride, and nerves jangled by idiots unclear on the concepts of manners and speed limits.

Thunder Sword Provides Update on American/Botham Lake and Comments ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Thunder Sword also operates, under license, the Geermu project which produces high purity magnesium chloride in China and holds and operates the Pipe Lake

Ohio EPA lays the groundwork for landfill negotiations  -  Feb 28, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Countywide would look into fighting it with rock salt, magnesium chloride, specialty foams, excavating waste or capping parts of the landfill.

Negotiations begin - OEPA, landfill work to determine requirements ...  -  Feb 28, 2007
New Philadelphia Times Reporter,Countywide would look into fighting it with rock salt, magnesium chloride or specialty foams, excavating waste or capping parts of the landfill.

Tips and tools  -  25 Feb 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,Use deicers containing potassium chloride or magnesium chloride. Minimize salt use by laying it before a storm, when smaller quantities are effective.

Dogs Become Sick After Licking Ice Cutter  -  Feb 23, 2007
cbs4denver.com,A dog owner in Fort Collins said her pet nearly died after licking magnesium chloride off her paws. Vets are now warning pet owners to take precautions.

Fergus city street crew is prepared for snow  -  Feb 24, 2007
Fergus Falls Daily Journal,...“We are preparing now and have applied the magnesium chloride as an anti-icing agent to the critical areas on the roadways, like the bridge decks,

Does magnesium chloride hurt your car?  -  Feb 16, 2007
9NEWS.com,Scientists say the liquid de-icer used by CDOT and area cities to clear the snow, called magnesium chloride, can harm your vehicle.

State diverted equipment for storm cleanup  -  Feb 22, 2007
Patriot-News,Seven operators went to run the graders. Each of the tankers made two trips, for a total of 12000 gallons of magnesium chloride taken to Schuylkill County.

Commissioners okay ballot issue to seek tax hike for roads  -  Feb 21, 2007
Wet Mountain Tribune,Those projects include chip seal and spreading magnesium chloride among others to be determined. According to statistics provided by road and bridge boss

Magnesium chloride or salt? For automobiles, it's a wash  -  Jan 29, 2007
The Spokesman Review,..."The magnesium chloride we buy is buffered so it's 70 percent less corrosive than sodium chloride," said Jon Harwood, operations manager for the Idaho

How other states avoid highway woe  -  Feb 20, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,He said that in very cold weather, with temperatures below 23 degrees, Wisconsin crews have found a spray of magnesium chloride is more effective than salt.

On Your Side: Ice Chemicals  -  Feb 15, 2007
WJLA,MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE IS ONE. AGAIN USED EVERYWHERE AND IF YOU DRIVE IN MARYLAND AND THE TEMPERATURES DROPS FURTHER WATCH OUT FOR CALCIUM CHLORIDE.

De-Icing Chemicals Do Some Environmental Damage  -  Feb 8, 2007
cbs4denver.com,When it comes to water he says, "We can see the effects of magnesium chloride on chloride concentrations in the stream, but the concentrations don't get to

The Watchdog: With snow gone, salt worries remain  -  Feb 22, 2007
Annapolis Capital,Magnesium chloride and calcium chloride can also be added to de-icers to improve the efficiency of salt, reducing the amount necessary to get the same

Up to 10 inches forecast this afternoon, overnight  -  Feb 13, 2007
Scranton Times-Tribune,Mr. Yontas said Monday night he and six workers were preparing plow blades and filling truck tanks with magnesium chloride, a liquid anti-icing agent which

80 W beyond 380 will likely open Saturday  -  Feb 16, 2007
Pocono Record,The continued frigid temperatures, in the teens, have hampered the effects of salt and magnesium chloride to break it up.

Solution to icy roads comes down to splitting molecules  -  Jan 29, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Among the most popular deicers are common rock salt or sodium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride. Deicers essentially lower the temperature

Melting Causing Runoff Problems  -  Feb 6, 2007
My Fox Colorado.com,The city of Denver used over three hundred tons of a magnesium chloride mix to fight the snow, that's now melting, and running into the city's 24000 storm

Case Study: Dead Sea Works - Sdom, Israel  -  Jan 31, 2007
Water Online (press release),These include magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt and raw materials for the cosmetic industry.

Don't Wait on Winter Car Wash  -  Jan 30, 2007
Fox 21,In winter weather, street crews use magnesium chloride and other chemicals to de-ice roadways. Collins said those chemicals do damage to your car's body and

Frigid conditions to stay in area until next week  -  Jan 31, 2007
Salina Journal,11, when a magnesium chloride solution sprayed on major streets to prevent them from becoming slick was found to have the opposite effect.

Pre-treatment Problems  -  Jan 27, 2007
KBSD,The next day they went to work pre-treating the streets with Magnesium Chloride, hoping to prevent accidents. Salina City Manager Jason Gage says "it works

Snowpack's gifts won't all be green  -  Feb 8, 2007
Denver Post,..."Magnesium chloride has a tendency to accumulate. It's hard to leech it out," Fusco says. "That's something to be aware of, because a lot of people think

Solutions offered if landfill burns  -  Feb 20, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),...n Arrange to inject a solution of magnesium chloride, a strong rock salt, into part of the landfill, to see how effective it is in countering any existing

Road crews waiting to see what weather does  -  Feb 13, 2007
The Herald-Times (subscription),According to the Cargill Web site, Clear Lane is an enhanced deicer with a mixture of liquid magnesium chloride, an approved corrosion inhibitor and a

Commissioners want to meet with city counterparts  -  Feb 13, 2007
Hays Daily News,A dust palliative consists of liquid calcium chloride or magnesium chloride, which reduces the amount of dust created by vehicles. According to the letter,

Snowstorm leaves roads treacherous despite crews' efforts  -  Feb 14, 2007
Remote Access,..."We do pretreat the road with salt brine and also magnesium chloride and calcium chloride mixed with salt," she said. "Some of our trucks are equipped with

Landfill fire expert Todd Thalhamer's report to the EPA  -  Feb 20, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),I recommend Ohio EPA allow CRDF to start the injection of the 25% solution of magnesium chloride in two wells to demonstrate the effectiveness of the

Compass Minerals Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2006 Results  -  Feb 12, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...in the production of specialty fertilizers for high-value crops and turf, and magnesium chloride, which is a premium deicing and dust control agent.

Landfill in Northeast is getting raunchy  -  Feb 19, 2007
Bowling Green News,Thalhamer recommended that the EPA test whether injecting magnesium chloride or other specialty fire-suppressing foams would stop the spread of the fire.

Thunder Sword Acquires Additional Uranium Claims in the Athabasca ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Thunder Sword also operates, under license, the Geermu project, which produces high purity magnesium chloride in China, and holds and operates the Pipe Lake

Concrete crumbles during manmade defrost  -  Feb 19, 2007
The Coloradoan,...owners have taken to using rock salt and other materials, including melting compounds containing magnesium chloride, to deal with icy sidewalks.

Ice-cutting products can harm sidewalks  -  Feb 18, 2007
The Coloradoan,...property owners ave taken to using rock salt and other materials, such as melting compounds containing magnesium chloride, to deal with icy sidewalks.

Metal fire smolders in landfill  -  Feb 18, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,He recommended that the EPA test whether injecting magnesium chloride or other specialty fire-suppressing foams would stop the spread of the fire.

Crews unclog Penna. arteries  -  Feb 18, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,With road salt ineffective below 20 degrees, crews had to use liquid magnesium chloride. About 150 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employees from

Pennsylvania Governor Apologizes to Snow-Trapped Motorists  -  Feb 17, 2007
Environment News ServiceThe continued frigid temperatures, in the teens, have hampered the effects of salt and magnesium chloride to break it up. These materials become most

Legislator: Storm cleanup a ‘disaster’  -  Feb 16, 2007
Republican & Herald,Though PennDOT often uses rock salt to melt ice and magnesium chloride to make it more effective at lower temperatures, he said frigid wind chill factors

Rendell irate about Interstate 78 gridlock  -  Feb 16, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,We are treating the ice with liquid magnesium chloride and specialized equipment like front-end loaders and graders to chip off the ice.

Cold spurs work for heating companies  -  Feb 15, 2007
Bellevue Leader,But the big seller was magnesium chloride, an ice-melting product, said Marty Bissell of the Home Depot store at 144th Street and West Maple Road.

Traffic was tough, but moving  -  Feb 15, 2007
The Delaware County Times,Workers had pretreated the roads with a mixture of salt and liquid magnesium chloride to enhance the salt’s melting capability in cold temperatures.

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