Abidjan port officials said Tuesday that more than a third of a 20,000-tonne shipment of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, an ingredient in explosives, was due for delivery to an Ivorian mining firm.

Port officials in the Ivory Coast's largest city Abidjan on Monday insisted that a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate moored in its outer harbour posed "no danger".

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

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

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

Officials at the Ivorian port of Abidjan are taking precautions ahead of the arrival of a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of ...

Nearly 20,000 tonnes of fertiliser which was part of a shipment that almost led to the evacuation of Great Yarmouth has finally reached ...

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 ...

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 ...