A damaged Maltese ship carrying potentially explosive fertiliser has returned to Norfolk, sparking criticism of Transport ...

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

A Malta-flagged cargo ship loaded with 20,000 tons of potentially explosive material has departed from a port in Norway to ...

Ammonium nitrate was what made the explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant in 2013 so destructive. The chemical is typically used in fertilizers, cold packs, and explosives. Takata used ...

The two compounds that go into this experiment are ammonium nitrate and potassium chloride ... Flammable and explosive materials are dangerous to work with, so you probably shouldn’t do this ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

A cargo ship packed with potentially explosive ammonium nitrate remains adrift in the English Channel off the coast of France. The Maltese-registered Ruby is carrying 20,000 tonnes of the chemical ...

But the UK has welcomed it in and now highly explosive ammonium nitrate is due to dock at Great Yarmouth port. Just 2,750 tonnes of fertiliser caused the explosion that devastated Beirut four ...

As he drove past the Indian Army’s XV Corps headquarters at Badami Bagh, Afaq pulled the switch that set off more than a ...

As per the Swedish Mining Innovation, the emissions from AN explosives also result in billions of dollars in post-processing and production downtime. Exposure to nitrate fumes over any period can ...

Even before the explosion in Beirut, people in Newcastle, New South Wales, were asking for a large stockpile of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse 3km from the city centre to be moved or reduced.

When improperly stored or exposed to stressors like heat and pressure, ammonium nitrate can become highly unstable and explosive. Notably, ammonium nitrate was the same substance responsible for ...