ISEE Boasts Healthy Growth for Education Foundation
from the ISEE
In Feb. 2009, ISEE volunteers and staff raised more than $39,000 for the Education Foundation at the Annual Conference from the clay shoot, t-shirt sales, silent auction, live auction and sale of the 35th Anniversary Commemorative coins. The proceeds of these events will benefit 23 Education Foundation scholarship endowment funds which, by the end of the summer, will have funded more than 233 scholarships since the Foundation was created. More

Limestone Quarry to Reopen North of Glenwood Springs
from Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Readily available labor due to the economic downturn and a more favorable proximity to Western Slope coal mines are among the factors prompting a Denver company to reopen a long-dormant limestone quarry north of Glenwood. More

Chinese Rescuers Attempt to Save 27 Trapped Miners
from the Associated Press via Google
Rescuers blasted through mud and debris Sunday to try and reach 27 miners trapped after a massive landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes in southwestern China, leaving 26 people dead and dozens missing. More

La. Bridge Work to End with a Bang
from The Natchez Democrat
The new bridge across the Black River in Jonesville is open, but the narrow steel and concrete structure it was intended to replace still stands next to it. But the old bridge won't stand forever, and when it goes, it will go with a bang and not a whimper. More

$500m Orica Upgrade at Kooragang to Create 300 Jobs
from The Herald - Australia
Orica is moving ahead with a proposed $500 million expansion of its Kooragang Island ammonium nitrate plant that is expected to almost double manufacturing capacity and create more than 300 jobs. More

New Explosives Check
from New Zealand Herald
People will soon have to pass a police check before buying certain types of explosives. The Environmental Risk Management Authority (Erma) has decided that from next month, a controlled substances license will be required to purchase the materials. More

RI to have Largest Explosives Plant in SE Asia
from The Jakarta Post
State-owned construction company PT Rekayasa Industri signed on Wednesday a US $173 million contract with PT Kaltim Nitrate Indonesia to build the largest ammonium nitrate plant in Southeast Asia. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive used mostly in mining industries. More

Role of Explosives in D-Day Invasion
from Corsicana Daily Sun
On June 6, 65 years ago, at 0130, the D-Day invasion was beginning in France. From above Normandy, the 82nd and 101st American Airborne Divisions dropped from their aircraft. More