Forming a dust ring around asteroid Ceres

Is it possible, due to asteroid mining activities, for a space-fairing civilization to produce a dust ring around a very large asteroid (Ceres)?

In my world, there is a lot of ore processing being carried out in low Ceres orbit. Mining equipment is smashing rocks to gravel, and a lot of dust is escaping into the equatorial orbit.

What amount of work and mass would be required to produce a thin, yet naked-eye visible ring? I'm assuming the ring is composed of tiny dust particles which have little to no negative effects on ships which pass through the ring.

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