Experimental Mine tops Popular Science's 'awesome labs' rankings
from Missouri S&T
The Experimental Mine at Missouri University of Science and Technology -- home to a popular summer Explosives Camp for high school juniors and seniors -- tops a list of 30 Awesome College Labs as determined by Popular Science magazine. The rankings appear in the magazine's September issue.  More
 

Bomb disposal expert's cheat sheet tattooed on his arm
from CBS News
In the center of his forearm is TNT -- "the base of all explosives," by his wrist are blasting cap explosives, nitroglycerin is further up his arm,    More
 

Trapped Chilean miners sing national anthem in first verbal contact
from CNN
The 33 workers trapped inside a mine in Chile cheered, applauded and sang the country's national anthem in their first verbal contact with officials. Several of Chile's top officials gathered around a white telephone outside the mine Monday evening as the miners' voices crackled through the speakers in an emotional conversation that was also broadcast on television.  More
 

Planning Commission approves explosives storage in southeast Minot
from Minot Daily News
An oil-field company gained the Minot Planning Commission's approval to store explosives in southeast Minot despite continued protest by neighboring landowners. E&P Wireline Services of Midland, Texas, applied for a permit to store explosives in a shop facility and storage bunker at 205-42nd St. SE. The Minot Fire Department gave its approval because of the minor explosive hazard and the safety precautions proposed.  More
 

Uzbeks free Kyrgyz held over mine explosives
from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Eleven Kyrgyz nationals detained in Uzbekistan while transporting explosives used for mining work have been released and returned to Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.  More
 

Pike, Idexx, Westbrook reach deal on quarry
from The Portland Press Herald
Westbrook officials, Idexx Laboratories and Pike Industries have reached an out-of-court settlement that will allow Pike to continue its quarrying operation in Westbrook, Maine., Mayor Colleen Hilton confirmed.  More
 

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Centre plans overhaul of mining sector
from Business Standard
When former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde recently said that vested interests were controlling the mining industry, he was not exaggerating, considering that India registered over 182,000 cases of illegal mining across 17 states in the last five years alone.  More
 

Orica to build a new plant in Indonesia with EFIC's support
from Ferret
Australia's export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), has provided to Orica Limited (Orica) a 10-year, A $50 million direct loan to assist with Orica's investment in the construction of an industrial grade ammonium nitrate plant in Indonesia by PT Kaltim Nitrate Indonesia.    More
 

Northam boosts FY sales, sees further cost increases for 2011
from Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
JSE-listed platinum-miner Northam said that despite a year of "mixed fortunes", sales revenues were up 23.8 percent to R3.9 billion for the year ended June 30, 2010, underpinned by a creditable operating performance from its Zondereinde mine in South Africa's North West province.  More
 

Nigeria: Government charges quarry operators on mining laws
from AllAfrica
The Federal Government has advised Quarry operators to comply with safety rules and regulations for sustainable development in the mining industry in Nigeria. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Musa Mohammed Sada, who gave the charge during an interactive session with the quarry operators, in Abuja, observed that most of the quarry operators are not operating in line with the relevant sections of the Minerals and Mining Act of 2007 pertaining to environmental safety and sustainability.  More
 

Massey cited for explosives at Upper Big Branch
from West Virginia Gazette
Federal officials investigating the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster have cited Massey Energy for improper storage of explosives in the underground mine, government documents and a company regulatory filing confirmed.  More