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MAXAM - Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is anessential element in the manufacture of civil explosives. Although its chemical composition is simple, its manufacture has ahigh technical complexity.
At MAXAM we have a production capacity of Ammonium Nitrate integrated in our industrial network. This way, we ensure strategic raw material of the highest quality, which we also make available to our customers. Our production capacitycontributes to the independence and security of supply.
Supply capacity
The wide production capacities and the strategic location of our facilities around the world are key for the distribution of this raw material. In addition, we work every day to improve the logistics of transporting dangerous goods, whether by train, boat or road.
Being customers of ourown productis what makes us more demanding in terms of quality and safety. Part of the success achieved in terms of MAXAM quality and service lies in thevast knowledge of our continuous improvement.
The main source of the nutrient nitrogen required by plants is nitrate: that is why our production is designated to a great extent for its use as fertilizer. We supply our product in two ways: asnitric nitrogenand asammoniacal nitrogen.
Ammonium nitrate is thebase component of most industrial explosives, which in some cases contain up to 94% of this component. There are also mixtures of emulsion and ANFO and hydrogels with 76% and 90% ammonium nitrate and in dynamite 40-50%.
Ammonium nitrate is a source of nitrogen for medical applications and is also used as a raw material for the manufacture of fertilizers.