Product profile: ammonium nitrate: uses, supply and demand, pricing, technology, health and safety, outlook. [1 table, 1 figure].

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The main end use for ammonium nitrate is in fertilizers, with the other application being explosives. In 2001, western European consumption amounted to 15.1 M tonnes (in terms of nitrogen content) and this fell in 2002 to 14.8 M tonnes. In central Europe, demand has been reasonably level at 6.8 M tonnes, according to Nexant Chem Systems. Production in western Europe has fallen from 12.5 M tonnes to 11.8 M tonnes and that in central Europe has remained at around 6.1 M tonnes. In 2002, the antidumping duties on material from Russia were doubled and this reduced the pressure from these imports. Lithuania, Algeria …