Have a BLAST!! …The Civil / Industrial Explosives industry

Giving you a flavor of a different industry this time. Explosives used for non-military purposes are called civil explosives. Did you ever imagine the over riding presence of this industry in our modern lives? Think about it, electricity from thermal energy, cement used in construction, stones for building our homes, roads we drive on, tunnels we pass through, gold in ornaments, silica in computers, minerals in the toothpaste… How does one gain access to all this raw material?.......