Student Industry Connection
from ISEE
 ISEE Students are invited to attend this Conference Event on Sunday, February 8th at the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, Colorado USA. Don't miss this opportunity to get an insider's look at careers in the explosives industry. Join us and prepare for the future. More
Mining Slump in Australia Could Mean Recession
from Bloomberg
A mining boom that drove 17 years of economic growth in Western Australia has quickly and severely collapsed. Thanks to the global credit crisis, commodity prices dropped, which have forced companies to cut production and jobs. More
IDenta Corp. Adds More Countries to Worldwide Network
from MSNBC
The International Drug & Explosives Detection Firm has announced that it has added Technomaxx Securities, a well known company from Faridabad, Haryana, India, to its network of international representatives. The company will represent IDenta's growing line of proprietary, on-site drug detection, explosive identifiers, BTK (Bullet Test Kit) products in India. More
Innovative Mesh System Improves Mine Safety
from Mineweb
Australian inventor Professor Yves Potvin of the University of Western Australia was won a major award for his high energy absorbing mesh system which absorbs seismic event energy. The High Energy Absorption (HEA) mesh, absorbs seismic event energy in underground mining and improves surface support technology over existing rock. More
Falling Fertiliser Prices Hurt Incitec
from The Sydney Morning Herald
Incitec Pivot's shares lost nearly a third of their value yesterday after it halved its fertiliser price forecast and postponed construction of an ammonium nitrate plant in Queensland. The fertiliser and explosives maker said its full-year earnings, excluding $50 million in one-off costs associated with a restructuring program, were likely to be about $450 million. More
Mine Safety a Concern
from Business Times – South Africa
After the release of the long-awaited report into the presidential mine safety audits, which showed that overall safety in South African mines is a mere 66 percent, the department of minerals and energy is concerned about the standard of mine safety. The categories included mine design, safety risk management, health risk management, mine explosives control and mine water management.
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Pair Hits TV with a Bang
from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Paul Worsey, the resident explosives expert at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Braden Lusk, a onetime student of Worsey’s at the former University of Missouri-Rolla and now teaches at the University of Kentucky, are co-hosts of a 13-part Discovery Channel series called “The Detonators.” The show will give audiences a behind-the-scenes look at major demolition projects around the world.
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