A highlight of ISEE's 37th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique will be a special Transportation/Security Workshop scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 at 8:00 am. Scheduled topics include: Surviving an ATF Audit, Identification and Traceability of Civil Explosives in Europe, International Development of Dangerous Goods Transport Regulations and Overview of FMCSA Safety Permit Program.

Blasthole drilling in open pit mining
from Mineweb
As mining operations face ongoing demand to increase productivity and decrease costs without sacrificing safety, a challenge exaggerated by a lack of highly skilled operators, Atlas Copco has published Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining aimed at helping customers successfully meet these challenges.  More
 

HSL makes explosive new appointment
from HazardEx
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) has appointed Peter Shelley as director of the Explosives Notified Body. The Explosives Notified Body (ENB) is the UK's independent authority providing assessment and CE-mark certification of explosives for non-military use.  More
 

Kraft Foods may sponsor demolition of Texas Stadium
from NBC DFW
Kraft Foods, whose mac-n-cheese crackers are said to have a blast of cheesiness in every bite, may soon take to blasting a Texas landmark to rubble. City officials in Irving will vote on a contract that would designate Kraft Foods, the second largest food and beverage company in the world, as the official sponsor of the implosion of Texas Stadium.  More
 

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Explosive exit: Champlain Bridge falls in a flash as thousands watch
from Addison Independent
A siren cut through the gray, flurry-filled sky above the Champlain Bridge and suddenly the anticipatory chatter among the assembled masses waned to a collective murmur. In an instant, the wintry tableau before them was shattered by a loud thud, punctuated by a series of brilliant yellow and red flashes. Like a sand castle hit by a tsunami, the bridge dissolved into Vermont’s Lake Champlain from beneath a rising plume of thick, angry smoke, debris and dust.  More
 

Avalanche risk delaying drivers
from Global BC
Avalanche control blasting has begun through Glacier National Park east of Revelstoke, following a considerable snowfall and rising temperatures. Crews are stopping traffic at the park boundaries, both east and west, for up to three hours while they complete their blasting work to remove dangerous layers of snow.  More
 

De-mining in North, East progressing well
from Daily News – Sri Lanka
Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara stated that the forces have cleared an area of 62,760,434 square metres (63 square kilometres) of mines and explosives in Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka this year. The forces have recovered 8,313 anti personnel mines and 2,536 other explosives hidden in these areas which could have posed a hazard to the civilians.   More
 

Controversial new scanners may detect explosives better
from The Baltimore Sun
At Baltimore- Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, four cutting-edge scanners can literally look inside passengers' clothes and detect the kind of explosive that almost brought down a Northwest Airlines jetliner approaching Detroit on Christmas Day.  More