ANFO of Shijiazhuang, China, on 16 March 2001. A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when, within a short time, several ANFO bombs exploded near four apartment buildings. Improvised bombs made with agricultural-grade AN are less sensitive and less efficient than the explosive-grade variety. In November 2009, a ban on ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, and calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizers was imposed in the former Malakand Division – comprising the Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Swat, Chitral and Malakand districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan – by the NWFP government, following reports that those chemicals
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, is the largest manufacturer of chemical fertilizers in the state of Karnataka, India. The factory is located at Panambur, north of Mangalore City, along the National Highway 66, opposite to the New Mangalore Port Trust. The company is part of the Adventz Group, having a shareholding of 53.03% as of March, 2016. The company had a turnover of Rs. 2,523.83 crores in the financial year 2010–11. The company's corporate and registered office is at UB City, Bangalore and its factory unit is in Mangalore. The company deals with fertilizers like urea,