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  2. Ammonium nitrate - Wikipedia

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    Ammonium nitrate is an important fertilizer with NPK rating 34-0-0 (34% nitrogen). [17] It is less concentrated than urea (46-0-0), giving ammonium nitrate a slight transportation disadvantage. Ammonium nitrate's advantage over urea is that it is more stable and does not rapidly lose nitrogen to the atmosphere.

  3. ANCAP (commodity standard) - Wikipedia

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    One unit of ANCAP would consist of 33 cents' worth of ammonium nitrate, 12 cents' worth of copper, 36 cents' worth of aluminium, and 19 cents' worth of plywood (all prices are in 1967 values). In his proposal, Hall states his position against the idea of a government holding reserves under any type of a commodity standard.

  4. Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemicals Industries Company

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    It owns three plants that produce liquid fertiliser, ammonia, urea, and ammonium nitrate. [2] The company and the 1st Ammonia Urea plant was established at 1976. [6] It is located at Abu Qir Bay, 20 kilometers east of Alexandria. In 2023, AFC was listed as number 12 in Forbes' Top 50 Listed Companies in Egypt 2023. [2]

  5. CF Industries - Wikipedia

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    CF Industries Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, including ammonia, urea, and ammonium nitrate products. The company is based in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, [3] and was founded in 1946 as the Central Farmers Fertilizer Company.

  6. Uralchem - Wikipedia

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    Uralchem was founded in 2007 by businessman Dmitry Mazepin, who was the majority shareholder of the enterprise until 2022, when he reduced his share to 48%. [9] [10] [11] According to the company website, Uralchem was established after the controlling stakes of chemical companies Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works and Azot were combined to form a single enterprise.

  7. Fertiliser dump was 'environmental terrorism' - MP - AOL

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    An MP has described the decision to dump 300 tonnes of fertiliser into the North Sea as "an act of environmental terrorism". The ammonium nitrate had been on board the MV Ruby, which had docked in ...

  8. Sable Chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The ammonium nitrate making process is a neutralisation process consisting of a reaction between ammonia and nitric acid. Ammonia is vaporised and then sparged through a proportionate amount of nitric acid to make an 83% wt/wt ammonium nitrate solution. The solution is concentrated to a 99% melt by vaporising water using two evaporators in ...

  9. Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion - AOL

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    The devastation surrounding the port resembled other ammonium nitrate explosions, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and a 1947 ship explosion that struck Texas City, Texas.