On the morning of April 16, 1947, a column of yellow smoke rising from the hold of a cargo ship docked at the Texas City port, about 40 miles southeast of downtown Houston, foretold an imminent ...

Beirut was rocked by a huge explosion on Tuesday afternoon, when, according to the Lebanese president, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at the docks exploded. The blast destroyed much of the ...

Ammonium nitrate fertilizer, chemically classified as an oxidizer, is commonly used in agriculture and for commercial and residential turf grass. Approximately 7 million tons of ammonium nitrate are ...

Despite a century-long and worldwide history of tragic ammonium nitrate accidents, only a patchwork of inadequate U.S. safety regulations is in place to avoid more accidents involving this common ...

Beirut officials have identified ammonium nitrate as the base component of Tuesday's explosion. Nearly 6,000 tonnes of the chemical ignited and burst through a port in the Lebanese capital, levelling ...

Blasts in Lebanon's capital have left at least 135 people dead and more than 5,000 injured, overwhelming hospitals during a global pandemic. Lebanon has subsequently declared a state of emergency. The ...

Westford, USA, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The ammonium nitrate market is a supplier of the raw material for explosives, propellants and fertilizers. Explosive production requires large amounts ...

Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said caused the devastating Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer and has caused numerous industrial ...

The huge explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by ammonium nitrate. The chemical is often used as fertilizer — and in explosives. Lebanese Prime Minister ...

The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the ...

Every day, dozens of trucks loaded with ammonium nitrate are making the one to two-hour journey from Newcastle's port up to the coal mines of the Hunter Valley. Orica says it is unfair to compare its ...

A fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, N.C. forced 6,500 local residents to evacuate late Monday night and into early Tuesday morning. The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to ...