Linden bauxite dust collector in operation… finally

In photo: While smoke with dust billows from Kiln #13 (at left), there is no emission from Kiln #14, for which a long promised dust collector system was put in place yesterday.

Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc created history in Linden yesterday when the Dust Collector System for Kiln #14 was put into full operation, the first for a bauxite company there and after years of complaints by residents of the town about medical problems caused by the emissions.

The system on Kiln #14 was completed on June 30, 2012 by the Chinese company and was put into full operation yesterday at 9:40 am after several years of delays.

“This is a giant step for Bosai as the company fulfilled its promise to the Linden community to have dust collector systems installed on the kilns in the Bauxite Plant to trap the