Paste Technology / Future Paste Technology Opportunities
Paste technology provides a lower risk, cost effective solution within prevailing public safety and environmental compliance standards and allows an organization to develop strategies that reduce financial and environmental liabilities.
In recent years, organizations that utilize mineral commodities such as aluminum, trona, coal and other industrial minerals in their operations have begun to utilize paste technology to engineer mineral waste management solutions.
There are many drivers causing this shift including:
- Economic concerns (Net Present Value capital, operating, closure, post-closure land use costs)
- Risk and liability issues
- Land use and land availability constraints
- Recognition of social impacts
- Surface and ground water resource management challenges
- Cost shift in environmental requirements
- Recognition of significant environmental and public safety benefits
