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ISEE Online Buyers' Guide

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.

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Industry News

USGS: Crushed Stone Consumption up 13 Percent in First Quarter

The estimated U.S. output of construction aggregate produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2019 was 449 million metric tons (Mt), an increase of 9 percent compared with that of the same period of 2018, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

Visit https://www.pitandquarry.com/usgs-crushed-stone-consumption-up-13-percent-in-first-quarter/ to view the full article online.

Australia Clears Adani to Mine One of the World’s Largest Coal Reserves

The most divisive mining project in recent Australian history can finally break ground after the state of Queensland cleared the final regulatory hurdle on Thursday for Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine.

The approval of the project’s groundwater management marks the end of an almost 10-year wait, during which the proposed mine faced steady resistance by environmental groups. Local and international detractors, including the scientific, educational and cultural arm of the United Nations, (UNESCO), worried about the impact on marine ecosystems, particularly by the Great Barrier Reef.

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Virginia Ban on Uranium Mining Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

The largest-known U.S. uranium deposit will remain firmly under ground after the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Virginia’s ban on mining the radioactive metal, rebuffing a challenge backed by President Donald Trump’s administration to the 1982 moratorium.

Visit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-uranium/virginia-ban-on-uranium-mining-upheld-by-us-supreme-court-idUSKCN1TI1R6 to view the full article online.

McEwen Kicks Off Commercial Production at Gold Bar in Nevada

Canadian precious metals producer McEwen Mining (TSX, NYSE:MUX) said Thursday it had begun commercial production at its Gold Bar project in Nevada, US, which is expected to generate 50,000 bullion ounces this year.

The Toronto-based miner also said Jack Henris will be in charge of operations. Henris has years of experience in mine management, having worked at Newmont for 12 years and at Barrick for nine. Most recently, he held the vice president of mining and geotechnical position at Goldcorp.

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Making toxic explosives harmless, University of Arizona team working with DOD

When explosives go off, they can release debris and substances into the environment. And when new weapons are introduced it takes a lot of research to figure out how to make those explosives environmentally safe.

A University of Arizona engineering team is spearheading this research for the United States Department of Defense. UA's assistant dean of engineering, Jim Fields, said the military developed a new class of weapons. But the fall out from those weapons still needs to be researched.

In the preliminary stages of research, fields and his team work closely with the DOD to help keep military bases environmentally safe.

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ISEE Member Benefit Spotlight

ISEE Online Buyers' Guide

The International Society of Explosives Engineers Online Buyers' Guide is a tool used to search for products and services within your industry. There are several search tools located within the Buyers' Guide to help you find what you are looking for. Learn how to use the Buyers' Guide.

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ISEE Member Benefit: OneMine

All ISEE members now have free access to the online research database OneMine. It’s home to more than 124,000 articles, technical papers, books in the explosives, mining, minerals and tunneling industries. Along with ISEE technical papers, members now have free access to papers from SME, NIOSH, AusIMM, CIM, SAIMM, TMS, IMPC, DFI and IIMP.

To access OneMine, ISEE members need to log in to the ISEE website first. Once in the members section, click on Research Papers and Proceedings. From there, members have two options to choose from. ISEE Explosives Reference Database Online contains only ISEE related papers and articles leading up to 2000. OneMine contains ISEE documents from 2001-2017 as well as all the 124,000 documents from other organizations.

If you have questions about your ISEE account or about any of our member benefits, please visit our website or contact us at isee@isee.org.

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