Public meetings to be held on the US Department of Homeland Security's Ammonium Nitrate Security Program proposed rule
from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking public comment on the proposed rule for the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program. The purpose of the rule is to prevent the use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism by regulating the chemical's sale and transfer. Public meetings will provide the public with the opportunity to be briefed on the basics of the proposed rule and to learn how to provide comments on it.  More
 

No warning signal heard before Shawnigan Lake gravel-pit blast
from The Globe and Mail
When they set the charge, the three workers who were injured in an explosion at Mid-Island Aggregates north of Victoria were expecting the debris to fly high in the air and fall harmlessly to earth, as they watched from a "safe zone" about 200 meters away. Instead, when the explosives detonated, a shower of jagged rock came hurtling toward them like shrapnel from a bomb blast.  More
 

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Security issues threaten Mark Center
from Washington Examiner
Alexandria, Va., officials have hounded the Defense Department over traffic issues at the Mark Center, the Pentagon's new office space along Seminary Road, but now authorities are also concerned about the safety of the area inside and around the building. Anti-terrorism experts worry that a lack of security at the Mark Center, at the busy intersection of Interstate 395 and Seminary Road in Alexandria, could make the office susceptible to something similar to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.  More
 

How the stacks will fall: Dynamite part of $8.8 million effort to bring down Asarco icons
from Middle East North Africa Financial Network
When the two tallest Asarco stacks are demolished within seconds of each other early next year, old-time dynamite will bring them down. The stacks - one of which rises 826 feet and displays the Asarco lettering - will be among the last vestiges of a smelting plant that operated for more than a century.   More
 

Mining, blasting reach forest fringe
from Greater Kashmir
Unabated mining and blasting for extraction of stones in this south Kashmir district of India has even reached the forest areas posing a major threat to the ecosystem besides disturbing the habitat of the wild animals. Large scale stone quarrying is on even in the foot hills of Pir Panchal range in Qazigund, Lower Munda, and Verinag areas. It has even reached to the forest fringe.  More
 

Ammonium Nitrate, a double-edged sword
from The News International
Although nearly every country on Earth, including the U.S., U.K., the whole of European Union, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Australia and Canada etc, have enacted laws to regulate the movement of dangerous goods that can harm humanity, it is virtually impossible to ban the commercial use, handling, storage and sale of a number of readily available chemical compounds like Ammonium Nitrate that are serving both mankind and the terrorists at the same time.  More
 

Armenian mines to be detonated with domestic explosives
from Armenia News
The Aparazh Mining company's factory, which produces explosives, began operations in Armenia's Kajaran city, Syunyats Yerkir newspaper writes. These explosives are used in mining, and they are in great demand by Kajaran Copper-Molybdenum Plant and other mines.   More
 

Copper deal helps Afghan's future
from China Daily
Mining project shows way to peace and prosperity, as a China Daily reporter observes in Kabul. For more than 50 years, China has been sending workers to help Afghanistan build roads, dams, hospitals and other public projects. By the end of 2006, China and Afghanistan had signed contracts worth $141.82 million. The pace of that investment has accelerated in recent years.   More
 

Police ask city for land to solve explosives issue
from Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Police Service in Canada wants to use $372,000 of unspent money from its helicopter budget for a permanent home for the bomb squad's explosives. Currently, police store containers that house bombs and explosives at a secret third-party location. A police administrative report said the third party has "graciously stored the bomb magazines" for three years but is no longer able to house them due to development at the site.   More
 

TEEX Explosives Training leads to Blinn College Fire Science Degree
from TEEX
Students enrolled in the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Explosives Training Program, operated by the Public Safety & Security division, will now be eligible for college credit and future financial aid through an articulation agreement with Blinn College. Under the agreement, Blinn students seeking a Fire Science degree who complete four TEEX Ordnance Removal & Remediation courses would be eligible for 18 semester hours of college credit toward an Associate of Applied Science degree.  More
 

Bethel takes methodical approach to drilling ban
from Times Herald-Record
So how can a pro-gas-drilling landowner be compensated for mineral rights if gas drilling is banned in his or her town? And how can you make sure that such a ban - actually against high-impact industrial uses like drilling - doesn't stop other job-rich industries from coming to town? Those were just a couple of the questions for the lawyer helping Bethel draft a zoning amendment to ban drilling.  More
 

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