Last week’s column described what highway departments must consider where snowstorms are an annual event. In this article, we deal with the pluses and minuses of using sand versus salt to treat roads ...

Aspen will reinstate the use of minuscule amounts of magnesium chloride, the controversial de-icer, in an intensified sanding operation, because other de-icing chemicals are proving ineffective. Four ...

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is being forced to replace some of its fleet sooner than expected because of extensive rusting as a result of the de-icer magnesium chloride, according to its ...

The de-icer, commonly referred to as mag chloride, is most corrosive during wet conditions, says a study entitled “Corrosion Effects of Magnesium Chloride and Sodium Chloride on Automobile Components.

TUCSON, Ariz. — As temperatures in Tucson drop to freezing levels, the city has activated "Operation Freeze," a safety initiative designed to protect motorists by de-icing bridges. Unlike regions that ...

Rain or shine, mag chloride was ineffective during the holiday storm, and Highway 82 was an ice rink! Yet, now the roads are cleared, and the sun is doing its part to clear our roads. CDOT is coating ...

Q: If magnesium chloride is really as harmless to the water and environment as we are told, how come the muck from the sand traps at the car washes has to be trucked to a toxic waste landfill instead ...

The global market in this supplement is worth almost £3bn - a figure set to nearly double over the next decade.

After years of avoiding street sand because of air quality concerns, Rapid City will be dropping the gritty material on roads in eastern Rapid City this coming snow season. Public Works Director ...