North America's regulations for handling ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive product used in fertilizer and in the mining industry, are the strictest in the world, the chief executive ...

Editor’s Note (8/4/21): On August 4, 2020, the Lebanese capital Beirut experienced a massive explosion caused by more than 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate improperly stored near the city’s ...

An ammonium nitrate explosion struck a port in Iran, killing at least 40 workers and injuring more than 1,000 others. The massive blast, reportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient ...

Estimated yield: 1-2 kilotons of TNT; Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany; Date: September 21, 1921; Details: An accidental explosion of 4,500 tons of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer ...

The United States launched unprecedented strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025 in support of its ally Israel, but a ...

The worst industrial accident in American history occurred in Texas City in 1947, when two ships containing bags of wax-covered ammonium nitrate exploded. A 1994 ammonium nitrate explosion at the ...

West explosion: 10 years later 03:02. WEST ... While ammonium nitrate is powerful enough to make bombs in Afghanistan, it's also been used for crop production in America for decades.

Ammonium nitrate and explosions were the furthest things from Michael Irving’s mind the morning of April 17, 2013. He went on his usual 5-mile morning run, showered, dressed and, later that day ...

North America's regulations for ... Symbol Change History; IPO ... Some of the world's deadliest industrial accidents have involved ammonium nitrate, including a 2013 explosion at a Texas ...

North America's regulations for handling ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive product used in fertilizer and in the mining industry, are the strictest in the world, the chief executive ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug 11 (Reuters) - North America's regulations for handling ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive product used in fertilizer and in the mining industry, are the strictest ...