VerifiedDust ™: Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust Control Verification Program™

Dust Control and Dust Management Verification Program

ATMOS Global ™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd) launched globally on the 14th of August 2012 our first-of-its-kind new global initiative VerifiedDust™ Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust Control Verification Program ™, a global ‘journey of 1000 mines’ part of ATMOS Global ™ 's 2020 vision.

This news was first shared with ATMOS Global ™'s media partners on the 14th of August 2012 at 8.33 p.m. (Melbourne time).

As dust management and dust control activities become more complex in the fast paced technological environment of the mining industry, it is important for mine site operators to have access to practical evidence-based knowledge and information that enhance their ability to select strategically important clusters of dust management methods™ for their active or proposed mining operations.

Our news regarding ATMOS Global ™'s VerfiedDust ™ has enjoyed coverage in the following major national and international media: Mining World, Mining Weekly, Engineering News, Mining.com (InfoMine), Asia Miner, MiningConnection.com, International Business Times, Indianapolis Business Journal, Sun Herald, United Press International, Business Insider, The MiamiHerald, The News & Observer, The Sun News, A.M. Best Company, The News Tribune, Digital Media Wire, Securities Technology Monitor, The State, The News Tribune, Renewable Energy World, LA Daily News, Press Enterprise, Market Pulse, Star Telegram, CBS MoneyWatch, Daily Herald, Virtual Strategy Magazine, Yahoo! News, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, Houston Chronicle, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, etc. ATMOS Global ™ will publish an article on our new VerfiedDust ™ program. A copy of our original press release regarding the announcement of our ground-breaking verification program VerifiedDust ™ can be accessed here.

ATMOS Global ™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd) publishes a ground-breaking article on our world's first dust impact forecasting, management and control systems ATMOS-5D™, DustAlert+™ and our Center for Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting, Management and Control™ in the Australian Mining Magazine (May 2012 edition, pages 28-30, title: Forecasting the new benchmarks: an artificially intelligent system is forecasting a better way to manage dust) in relation to the successful application of our dust management systems for a mining project nominated as a finalist (jointly with ATMOS Australia) for one of the most prestigious awards for environmental excellence in Australia.

ATMOS Global ™ has published a revolutionary article on our world's first dust impact forecasting, management and control systems ATMOS-5D+™, DustAlert+™ , DustFinder+ ™ and our Center for Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting, Management and Control™ in the Engineering and Mining Journal (E&MJ) (August 2012 Dust Management edition, pages 71-72, title: 'A predictive approach to haul road dust control).

Prospective Client Companies with active/proposed mining, manufacturing or energy operations that would like to receive monthly email updates from us are invited to contact our friendly ATMOS Global ™'s Air Quality and Climate Change Ambassadors™ today by using this form.

ATMOS Global ™ 's VerifiedDust ™ program is essential to the success of local-level dust management plans by providing stakeholders with an insightful understanding of:

- leading-edge dust management and dust control technologies that can be used for mine sites located anywhere in the world
- the broader operational framework in which these dust management and dust control technologies are used.

VerifiedDust ™ is an innovative platform for engaging mine site operators with a systematic dust management and dust control framework that will support them in selecting the most suitable and sustainable approaches for their mining operations to:

- ensure compliance with the relevant legislation
- improve company’s image
- increase profitability.

After undertaking a methodical and thorough verification process, on an annual basis, ATMOS Global ™ awards the VerifiedDust ™ accolade (valid for 12 months) to mine sites that are using cutting-edge dust management technologies and demonstrate an ongoing control of their dust emissions.

Dr Orestis Valianatos, the Global President and Chief Executive Officer of ATMOS Global ™, said that “ATMOS Global ™ 's VerifiedDust ™ program uses rating grids to provide mining operators with a practical and complete set of defined choices, specifications and actions that will bring immediate environmental benefits”.

ATMOS Global ™ 's VerifiedDust ™ new global ‘journey of environmental excellence’ started last year in Western Australia with a mining project nominated as a finalist (jointly with ATMOS Global ™) for one of the most prestigious awards for environmental excellence in Australia.

Prospective client companies that are interested in learning more about VerifiedDust™ Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust Control Verification Program ™ are invited to contact our friendly ATMOS Global's Air Quality and Climate Change Ambassadors™ for further information and a confidential phone consultation by using this form.

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