A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an ...

On Monday morning port and customs officials will meet with owners of both the cargo and the vessel to examine the situation ...

A potentially explosive Russian fertiliser cargo that has been called a “floating bomb” through months of international ...

The load of ammonium nitrate first carried into the Norfolk port by the damaged ship MV Ruby has been taken to the Ivory Coast, in west Africa. It brings an end to a saga which began more than six ...

Ammonium nitrate is not explosive unless exposed to high temperatures and mixed with organic substances. International Transport Workers' Federation coordinator Ian Bray said a deadly explosion at ...

Radomiro Tomic would be the first mining operation to use Prillex ECO2, an explosive whose main component is blue ammonium nitrate that is produced using advanced carbon capture and storage ...

Chile's state-run copper miner, Codelco, will start using explosives with a significantly lower carbon footprint at its Radomiro Tomic mine, the company announced on Thursday.

The lawsuit alleges that Winston Weaver raised the risk of a fire or explosion by mishandling potentially volatile ammonium ...

It held 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which is generally safe but can become explosive if improperly managed and exposed to heat or pressure. Norfolk County Council last month said ...

Ammonium nitrate is not inherently explosive and is managed safely at ports across the world. However, contamination increases the likelihood of an explosion in the result of a fire or shock.

The dumping of 300 tonnes of toxic fertiliser off the coast of Great Yarmouth was an act of "environmental terrorism", Rupert Lowe ...