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Does AN have a future? The aftermath of the Toulouse explosion and fears of terrorist misuse have seen countries worldwide beginning to tighten regulations on ammonium nitrate. In such a climate, does ammonium nitrate have a future?(Ammonium Nitrate)
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Nitrogen & Methanol
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September 1, 2003
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Ammonium nitrate has been popular as a fertilizer since the 1920s. However, first AN's share of total fertilizer use, and, since 1989, AN's absolute level of demand have begun to fall, initially because of the take-up of urea in the developing world, and more recently because of fears over safety and security following the twin events of September 2001: the World Trade Center attack and the explosion of the Grande Paroisse AN warehouse at Toulouse. In the past year or so, several countries have banned fertilizer grade AN, including China, Colombia, Algeria and the Philippines. The climate is becoming distinctly chillier for AN.
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