Students Organize at Penn State
from the ISEE
With the support of Dr. R. Larry Grayson, Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State Mineral Engineering students are working toward chartering an ISEE Student chapter at Penn State in 2009. The first organizational meeting was held with enthusiasm beyond the expectations of ISEE industry members. More

ATF Breaking News Update: 4/27 Press Release: ATF National Explosives Training Center's First Class
from ATF
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will conduct explosives training and hold a ceremony for the first graduating class at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research (NCETR) facility located at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. The intensive, one-week training course will be completed by 25 state and local law enforcement bomb technicians and investigators from sheriffs, police and fire departments in Alabama and Tennessee. More

World's Largest Abandoned Man-made Mine Becomes a Park
from Xinhua News via CriEnglish
The world's largest abandoned manmade mine in Fuxin City of China's northeast Liaoning Province has been converted to a park and will be ready to receive tourists in May. More

Jamer Employees not Giving up the Fight
from the Telegraph-Journal
Jamer Materials Ltd. should not give up on quarrying granite in Charlotte County, employee Stanley Smith says. Smith, the former mayor of St. George, did not like the news that provincial Environment Minister Roland Haché delivered in St. Andrews on April 15. More

DOT&PF to Drill, Blast Slab near Portage Glacier Highway
from KTVA 11
Officials at the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) say that work crews are mobilizing drilling rigs to the top of a slope above Portage Glacier Highway to begin drilling and blasting a rock slab that has shown significant movement in recent days-one that poses a potential safety hazard. More

Opinion: Get Facts from a Real Miner
from The Union
In a recent edition of The Union, Mike Pasner urged the Planning Commission and the City Council to protect our city and its inhabitants from re-opening the Idaho-Maryland Mine. I couldn’t disagree with him more. This would be a clean operation, and would provide the much-needed job opportunities for this area. Grass Valley needs industry to sustain its tax base, and re-opening the two mines would certainly help. More

New Brunswick Highway Blasting Program Unearths Plant Fossil Find
from the Daily Commercial News and Construction Record
Blasting for the Route 8 bypass in Marysville has unearthed plant fossils that have been encased in rock for millions of years. But the provincial Transportation Department says that unless the find is extremely rare, it’s unlikely to halt work on the largest road construction project in the province. More

'Rock Blasting' on at Fort, ASI Promises Action
from Express News Service
The Hyderabad Golf Association continues to carry out rock blasting and demolition of the moat at Golconda Fort, despite representation made by a number of civil forums to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), alleges the People’s Union for Civic Action and Rights (PUCAAR). More

MSHA Urges Public to 'Stay Out and Stay Alive'
from MSHA
For the 11th consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today launched its annual "Stay Out-Stay Alive" public safety campaign to warn outdoor enthusiasts - especially children - about the dangers of playing on mine property. More