Orica Joins Yara-Apache Ammonium Nitrate Project in Australia

Yara Pilbara Site: The new technical ammonium nitrate plant will source ammonia from this site. Orica (Melbourne) says it has signed an agreement with Yara International and Apache Energy (Perth, Australia), a subsidiary of Apache Corp. (Houston), to form a joint venture to build a previously announced 330,000-m.t./year technical ammonium nitrate (TAN) plant at the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Orica will also distribute TAN and other explosives products to mining customers in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Orica and Yara will each have a 45%...

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