On Tuesday, it finally docked at the port of Abidjan, carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Authorities have stated that this cargo, which is used for fertilizers and the mining industry ...

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Locals living near the Ivory Coast’s largest port, Abidjan, have voiced concern about a cargo of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate onboard the Barbados-flagged Zimrida just off the shoreline.

Ammonium nitrate is commonly used as an agricultural fertiliser, but is also potentially explosive. Its presence in the waters off the busy city of Abidjan - home to more than six million people ...

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Since, the nitrogen content of soil is generally quite low, farmers have to look for external sources of nitrogen by using ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea, diammonium hydrogen phosphate etc.

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