But what is ammonium nitrate and why can it be so dangerous? Ammonium nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. Its biggest use is as a source of nitrogen ...

Explosives company Dyno Nobel reported the vanishing ammonium nitrate — the main ingredient in Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 bomb in Oklahoma City — to the federal National Response Center on May ...

The Ruby is carrying 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate which it picked up from the northern port of Kandalaksha on August 22. Russia is one of the world's largest exporters of ammonium nitrate ...

The mysterious disappearance of ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient used by Timothy McVeigh in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, has since prompted four separate investigations. The Federal Railroad ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An estimated 30 tons of highly volatile ammonium nitrate disappeared ...

The railcar, loaded with more than 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, left Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 12, a Union Pacific spokesperson told USA TODAY Tuesday. Two weeks later it was found empty at ...

A 30-ton shipment of ammonium nitrate disappeared from a railcar, KQED reported. The chemical is used to make both fertilizer and explosives. The chemical's supplier said that it thought the ...