Explosives Industry News

Did you know the ISEE has an online career center that offers discounts to members looking to post jobs? Whether you’re a student looking for an internship or a business looking for a seasoned professional in the explosives industry, the ISEE job board, located at the ISEE website, is a great way to get noticed.

 

And one of the best parts is that it’s free for job seekers. Upload your resume today to get the attention of job posters or browse the job board for the latest openings. Visit the career center now.

Newmont Mining's $10 billion acquisition of Canada's Goldcorp closed Thursday, April 18, giving rise to Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE: NEM)(TSX: NGT), the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.

 

The mammoth company, to be led by Gary Goldberg until the end of the year, will mine in the Americas, Australia and Ghana, producing between 6 and 7 million ounces of gold annually over the next ten years and beyond.

A federal judge has lifted a seven-year ban on uranium leases in Southwest Colorado after a U.S. mining program was shown to have no harmful effect on four endangered fish species in the Colorado River. The Department of Energy program to mine uranium in the Paradox Valley area was put on hold in 2011, when a court injunction required an additional environmental review on potential impacts to the fish.

As the platinum industry heads for its annual gathering in London, the question is whether one of the worst-performing metals of the last few years can sustain its recent recovery. For now, the signs are that it may. Prices of the metal mostly used in autocatalysts are off to the best start to a year since 2016 as investors flock back to exchange-traded funds. The outlook in the physical market is also brightening: The World Platinum Investment Council sees the annual supply surplus shrinking this year, while Johnson Matthey Plc predicts a deficit.

The deadline to submit an abstract of your recent research or work has been extended to Friday, May 31. This is your chance to share your techniques, strategies and research with your peers and industry leaders at the world’s largest conference on explosives engineering.

 

Upload your 200 to 400 word abstract online. If your abstract is selected, you will have the opportunity to present your findings at the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique in Denver, Colo.

 

The Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique is the largest gathering of its kind involving field blasters, manufacturers of explosives related products, educators and researchers. The conference provides a forum for the discussion of practical and technical information as well as presentation of the latest discoveries in the commercial explosives industry worldwide.

The Austin Powder Co. announced that Technical Manager John Capers was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Mineral Resources Management. The award was presented in March 2019 at the Ohio Drilling & Blasting Conference held in Columbus, Ohio.

 

During his 42-year career at Austin Powder, Capers has been responsible for training more than 1,100 new blasters globally at Austin Blaster’s seminars. Since the 1980s, he has been the ODNR’s sole instructor for teaching the surface blasting for coal and industrial minerals program, which is required to obtain blaster certification pursuant to Section 1501:13-9-10 of the Ohio Administrative Code. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented by Michael Mann of ODNR to Capers in recognition of his long service as an instructor and his blasting expertise.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of $900 million in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. The grants are for investments in surface transportation infrastructure and will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that will have a significant local or regional impact.

 

The DOT intends to award up to 50 percent of BUILD grant funding to projects located in rural areas that align well with the selection criteria, which includes that improve infrastructure condition, address public health and safety, promote regional connectivity, facilitate economic growth or competitiveness, deploy broadband as part of an eligible transportation project, or promote energy independence.