Shandong Gold Group is affiliated with the mining industry and is one of China’s leading enterprises in the gold sector, with operations spanning the entire industrial chain, including geological exploration, mine extraction, ore processing and smelting, as well as gold sales. According to data from the China Gold Association, in the first half of 2024, Shandong Gold Group produced 24.52 tonnes of mined gold, ranking first nationwide and making it one of the country’s largest gold producers.
For mining companies, ensuring safe production during winter represents a major annual challenge. Shandong Gold Group places great emphasis on its “Four Preventions” program for winter—namely, fire prevention, slip prevention, freeze prevention, and poisoning prevention—forming a seasonal safety management system centered around these priorities. Snow and ice accumulation on open-pit mine roads, ramps, concentrator facilities, and smelting workshops not only impede material transport and pedestrian traffic but also pose significant risks to equipment operation and worker safety. In accordance with the Group’s safety production meeting directives, all units are required to “unremittingly strengthen winter ‘Four Prevention’ efforts and strictly enforce requirements related to hot work, freeze protection, and thermal insulation.” Against this backdrop, high-quality de-icing agents, along with calcium chloride and magnesium chloride-based antifreeze products, have become essential supplies for ensuring safe winter operations at mines.
According to information published on the CaiZhao.com platform, Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. has procured anhydrous calcium chloride from Weifang Jiangchang Chemical this time, primarily for use in freeze protection, thermal insulation, and material drying processes within the ore-processing workflow. Simultaneously, the company is supplying environmentally friendly de-icing agents and a range of magnesium chloride products for winter snow removal and anti-slip operations on mine roads and industrial sites.
To address the specific needs of mining environments, Weifang Jiangchang Chemical’s products effectively resolve the following key industry challenges:
Ensuring the safety of mine transportation routes: Mine roads feature steep gradients and numerous sharp bends, where accumulated snow and ice can easily lead to vehicle skidding and other accidents. The company’s eco-friendly de-icing agents boast rapid snow-melting capabilities and low freezing points, quickly clearing icy and snowy surfaces even in cold conditions to safeguard vehicle traffic. Moreover, the magnesium chloride component provides long-lasting antifreeze performance; after melting, it forms a protective film on road surfaces, delaying re-freezing.
Protecting mine equipment and infrastructure: Mines and smelting plants house extensive metal machinery, pipelines, and steel structures. Traditional industrial salt (sodium chloride) exhibits strong corrosive effects on metals, whereas the calcium chloride and magnesium chloride products supplied by the company, when used in conjunction with corrosion inhibitors, significantly reduce corrosivity compared to sodium chloride–based de-icers, thereby extending the service life of equipment.
Aligning with green mining principles: In recent years, Shandong Gold Group has vigorously promoted green mine development and standardized safety production practices. The company’s environmentally friendly de-icing agents, formulated with calcium chloride and magnesium chloride as core ingredients and supplemented with eco-friendly additives such as corrosion inhibitors, cause minimal damage to soil and vegetation, making them ideal for snow removal in ecologically sensitive areas surrounding mines.
Weifang Jiangchang Chemical Co., Ltd. was established in 2015 and is headquartered in the Binhai Economic and Technological Development Zone of Weifang, Shandong. Leveraging the region’s abundant industrial salt resources, the company has built an integrated industrial chain encompassing research and development, production, and sales. Its product portfolio includes eco-friendly de-icing agents, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, and industrial salt, widely applied across highways, mines, ports, municipal roads, and other settings.
The Weifang area is a major national base for de-icing agent production, offering a comprehensive lineup of snow-melting materials based primarily on chloride salts, covering categories such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium acetate. Capitalizing on this industrial agglomeration advantage, Jiangchang Chemical continues to enhance product quality and supply capacity.
This collaboration with Shandong Gold Group marks another significant milestone for Jiangchang Chemical, following its successful bids for large-scale transportation projects involving Hebei Expressway, Shoufa Group, and Shandong Port. It fully demonstrates the suitability and reliability of the company’s products in supporting mine safety and operational stability during winter.
As the harsh winter weather sets in, Weifang Jiangchang Chemical will spare no effort to meet Shandong Gold Group’s demand for de-icing agents, calcium chloride, and magnesium chloride, helping ensure safe and stable winter operations at the mine. Looking ahead, Jiangchang Chemical will remain committed to quality-driven innovation, providing even higher‑quality snow‑removal, anti‑slip, and antifreeze solutions to support safe winter operations across mining, transportation, port, and other industries.
