Another Leak Forces Orica to Delay Restart of Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Plants

Orica (Melbourne) says that about 20,000 liters of weak ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilizer solution overflowed yesterday, from a storage tank into a containment area with some spilling onto the ground, at the company’s Kooragang Island site in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. As a result of the leak, the previously announced restart of the company’s nitric acid and AN plants at the site will be delayed, Orica says. The AN solution had about 30% concentration, and Orica reported the incident to the NSW Environment Protection Authority...

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