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 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 ...

The good news is that Union Pacific doesn't have any evidence that the chemical, ammonium nitrate, was stolen with untoward purposes. The bad news is that neither UP nor the company that produced ...

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 chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks. By Amanda Holpuch and Joshua ...

Lebanese officials are blaming the blast, which has killed over 100 people and left 300,000 homeless, on the common fertilizer compound ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3). The chemistry behind ammonium ...

About 30 tons of ammonium nitrate disappeared from a rail car on a train traveling to California in April. The chemical compound is used in fertilizers and explosives and can be dangerous to store.

A rail car carrying ammonium nitrate left a plant operated by explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12, according to an incident report filed May 10 by a representative ...

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 ...

An ammonium nitrate explosion struck a port in Iran, killing at least 40 workers and injuring more than 1,000 others. The massive blast, reportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient ...