Legislative Tracking, A New ISEE Member Benefit
from the ISEE
Now members can track legislative changes within the explosives industry through the ISEE Web site. ISEE is proud to partner with CQ State Track to provide our members with alerts of current legislation and proposed regulations concerning explosives and blasting in the US at both the federal and state level. More

Orica CEO's Confidence in Growth Gains as Miners Keep Buying
from Bloomberg
Orica Ltd., the world's largest maker of mining explosives, reaffirmed its forecast for an eighth straight year of profit growth even as global commodity producers BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group reduce spending. More

Penn Circle Apartments Demolished in Spectacular Explosion
from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
One end of the 20-story roof bowed gently to the other for two seconds, and then the entire high-rise in the heart of East Liberty slowly pancaked to the ground with a crescendo of thunderclaps. More

Metro Blasts Tunnel but Ridge is Safe
from The Times of India
Racing against time and faced with the task of protecting the central ridge at all costs, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has carved out a 680-metre long tunnel under the ridge using innovative technology. More

Final Channel Deepening Funds Secured
from The Columbian
A $26.6 million infusion of federal economic stimulus cash will enable workers to blast one last stubborn mile of river bottom, completing a long-sought project to deepen the Columbia River to 43 feet to accommodate bigger modern ships. More

County to Hear Blast at Proposed Quarry
from Northwest Arkansas Times
Blasting of rock and how the noise and dust will affect humans and animals, as well as the surrounding landscape, is a key issue opponents raised May 7 during a Planning Board meeting to discuss a conditional-use permit to expand quarrying activity in west Washington County. More

Intel to Set Up Visual-Computing Lab in Europe
from ZDNet UK
Intel has teamed up with the University of Saarland, Germany, to create a visual-computing research center in Europe. The new center will collaborate with Intel's tera-research program, which explores how multiple computing cores can be used to produce higher-performance computing and more-realistic graphics. More

Road Crews Climb High, Dig Deep to Stop Rocks
from The Denver Post
Rockfall specialist Ty Ortiz slips his state highway vehicle off westbound Interstate 70 and onto the shoulder shortly after starting up the steep grade of Georgetown Hill. A rocky hillside rises more than 1,000 feet above the roadway. About 50 feet up the slope, rockfall netting is strung between steel posts on foundations drilled into the rock. More