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Commercial Explosives Shipments Continue to Post Superior Safety Statistics
According to PHMSA, the number of Class 1 incidents fell 2 percent from 2010-2011, while the number of all hazmat incident {...}
Commercial Explosives Exports Continue a Net Positive Gain for U.S. Trade
In every year since IME has been keeping statistics, the commerce of explosives has contributed positively to the U.S. bal {...}
FY 2013 -- ATF Appropriations
The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the fiscal year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science (CIS) Appropriations bill {...}
MSHA Consolidates Blasting Contractor's ID Numbers
An IME member recently informed us that MSHA deactivated one of two ID#s they were using and instructed them to report all {...}
Life Without AN Prill
The invention of the ammonium nitrate prilling process, not the Texas City Disaster, lead to the ten-fold increase in U.S. explosives consumption during the middle of the 20th Century.
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