Mancelona, MI – Dan Rohe, president of Environmental Protection, Inc. will present information on the use of PVC geomembranes at the Colombian Mining Conference 2012, to be held in Santa Marta, Colombia from July 17 to 19. The conference is the 9th version of the Intersectoral Mining Congress in South America. Conference topics will include items such as new port developments for mining in Colombia, the Infrastructure on the TLC (river), environmental impact analysis vs the growth of the national economy through mining, and the new mining code, among others. Santa Marta is the only port on the Colombian Caribbean that has rail service, which interfaces with the Interior Andino, the valley of the Magdalena and the Cesar coal zone.
EPI fabricates and installs geomembrane liners for water and waste containment throughout North America. Mr. Rohe will be working with Filmtex, a long time licensed fabricator using EPI’s proprietary welding process for the production of PVC geomembranes in Bogota, Colombia. Filmtex supplies PVC geomembranes to the mining industry throughout South America and is active in the mining industry in Chili, Peru and Bolivia.
For more information, contact Environmental Protection, Inc. at 9939 US-131 South, Mancelona, MI 49659. Phone 800-OK-LINER or +1 231 587 9108, or on the web at http://www.geomembrane.com
