manganese News
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EPA meeting on manganese health study on June 24 at Marietta College in Ohio (OH)
San Francisco State University scientist Rosemarie Bowler will present preliminary results of a study on the effects of airborne manganese at a June 24 meeting at Marietta College, Rickey Science Center, Room 150, 215 Fifth St., Marietta, Ohio. The study was recommended by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and funded through a grant by U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Transnet launches 375-wagon manganese train
Transnet has launched a 375-wagon manganese train - making it the world's longest production train. The train runs over a distance of around 861 km, from Sishen to Saldanha and is 4 km long. Kalagadi Manganese and Transnet sign R3-billion contract The train runs over a distance of around 861 km, from Sishen to Saldanha and is four kilometers long. The train will break Transnet Freight Rail ...
By VUKA Group
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Tshipi Borwa manganese mine expansion on the cards
ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has completed the concept study into the expansion of the Tshipi Borwa Manganese mine in South Africa. A comprehensive feasibility study, expected to commence shortly, will be based on a production profile of 4.5 Mt (the base case scenario), a 50% increase on the current 3 Mt production level. Production profiles in excess of the base case scenario were explored as ...
By VUKA Group
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AWWA releases Iron and Manganese Removal Handbook, Second Edition
The American Water Works Association has released its newest publication – Iron and Manganese Removal Handbook, Second Edition by John Civardi and Mark Tompeck. Advancements in treatment technology, new regulations and changes in the environment necessitated a second edition of Iron and Manganese Removal Handbook. Demonstrated through field experiences and case studies, specific topics ...
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New manganese test released
Industrial Test Systems, Inc., located in Rock Hill, SC, announces the release of SenSafe™ Manganese Check. This test was developed to make accurate Manganese testing safer and requires no meter. Manganese results are available in 3 minutes. This test uses a modified PAN method as developed by Goto, et al, Talanta 24, 652 (1977). This test method uses Ascorbic Acid (#1 Strip) to reduce all ...
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Tambao Manganese Mine Burkina Faso
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer on Saturday from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali’s lawless desert north, the company and a security source said. The incident took place at the Tambao project, which is run by Pan African Minerals, a subsidiary of Frank Timis’s Timis Corporation. Timis is a Romanian-Australian ...
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Burkina Faso Mining
Since April 2013, Huckbody Environmental has been providing Environmental and Social Management services to Pan African Minerals for their Tambao Manganese project in Burkina Faso, with rail transport down to the port of Abidjan in Cote D’Ivoire. The mine is located in the Sahel at the north of Burkina Faso and poses some interesting environmental and social challenges, with increasing ...
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ASTM E465 - 11 standard test methods for determination of manganese (IV) in manganese ores by redox titrimetry
This test method is intended to be used for compliance with compositional specifications for manganese dioxide content in manganese ores. It is assumed that all who use these procedures will be trained analysts capable of performing common laboratory procedures skillfully and safely. It is expected that work will be performed in a properly equipped laboratory and that ...
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As Demand Accelerates for Its More Advanced GreensandPlus™, Inversand Reduces Production of Manganese Greensand
Clayton, NJ, October 30, 2007 – The Inversand Company, a leader in filter media for water treatment since 1925, is reducing production of its traditional, manganese greensand filtration media at its mine in Gloucester County, NJ, as of November, 2007. The production cutback is the result of both the escalating demand for its newer, and more advanced GreensandPlus™ product and the ...
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GreensandPlus Filtration Technology from Inversand Exceeds Water Purification Standards for Water Utility
Clayton, NJ – A pilot test of GreensandPlus from Inversand Company as pretreatment to an existing RO plant at a Western U.S. water utility demonstrated a dramatic reduction iron and manganese in the raw water to levels below 15 μg/L. The negative effect the iron and manganese was causing in the treatment process was eliminated. The GreensandPlus filter achieved these results operating at ...
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ASTM B271 - 11 standard specification for copper-base alloy centrifugal castings
This specification establishes the requirements for copper-based brass or bronze centrifugal castings. Mechanical properties are determined from test bar castings and should meet the requirements listed herein. Brinell hardness readings should be taken on the grip end of tension test bars. All castings should not be repaired by welding without customer approval. UNS C95520 copper ...
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Manganese inhaled from the shower - A public health threat? maybe
A new analysis based on animal studies suggests that showering in manganese-contaminated water for a decade or more could have permanent effects on the nervous system. The damage may occur even at levels of manganese considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. "If our results are confirmed, they could have ...
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ASTM E316 - 11 standard test method for determination of iron in manganese ores by hydrogen sulfide reduction-dichromate titrimetry
This test method is intended to be used for compliance with compositional specifications for iron content in manganese ores. It is assumed that all who use these procedures will be trained analysts capable of performing common laboratory procedures skillfully and safely. It is expected that work will be performed in a properly equipped laboratory and that proper ...
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Biofuels studies to benefit from better lab test
Thank sunlight, algae and green plants for the air we breathe, the food we eat and, in the not-too-distant future, the fuels that power our trips by plane, rail and automobile. In a process that is as complex as it is elegant, as breathtaking as it is breath-making, sunlight excites electrons in plant cells setting off a chain reaction that rips apart water to release oxygen and then changes ...
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Aquatech 2023
We would like to thank the numerous visitors to our booth. We were very pleased about the many expert discussions, the nice contacts and an interesting exchange.Here our filter materials were of great interestEVERZIT® N - Anthracite Filter Material for dual media filtrationEVERZIT® Mn - for catalytic manganese removalEVERZIT® As - for adsorption of arsenic, cadmium and copperEVERZIT® Carbonat - ...
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ASTM A20 / A20M - 11 standard specification for general requirements for steel plates for pressure vessels
This specification covers a group of common requirements that apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels. The steel shall be made in an open-hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-arc furnace process. Sampling and methods for chemical analysis are discussed. Yield strength tests, tension tests, and notch-toughness tests shall be made in accordance to the product specification to conform to the ...
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Water Treatment: GreensandPlus™- Selected for Improved Performance Over Manganese Greensand. No potassium permanganate required – use the oxidant of your choice.
Clayton, NJ - Inversand announces GreensandPlus™ is the overwhelming choice for water filtration media compared to manganese greensand, the forerunner of GreensandPlus. The advanced GreensandPlus filter media has all the properties of the original manganese greensand, with added improvements including the flexibility to use any of several oxidants for media regeneration. Potassium ...
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The Inversand introduces GreensandPlus an enhanced version of its traditional Manganese Greensand
New version capable of operating at higher differential pressures Clayton, NJ - Inversand Company announces the introduction of GreensandPlus for water treatment and filtration is an improved version of Manganese Greensand is available in stock for immediate shipment. The process of Manganese Greensand filtration is efficiently and economically removes iron sulfide, manganese, arsenic, hydrogen ...
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The Inversand Company Introduces GreensandPlus an Enhanced Version of Its Traditional Manganese Greensand
New version capable of operating at higher differential pressures Clayton, NJ – Inversand Company announces the introduction of GreensandPlus for water treatment and filtration is an improved version of Manganese Greensand is available in stock for immediate shipment. The process of Manganese Greensand filtration is efficiently and economically removes iron sulfide, manganese, arsenic, ...
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EPA releases final report on air toxics outside school in Vienna, West Virginia (PA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at Neale Elementary in Vienna, West Virginia and at Warren Elementary and The Ohio Valley Educational Service Center in Marietta, Ohio has been posted on the agency’s website. The report is posted on the School Air Toxics website at http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA’s analysis of air ...
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