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 latest 2007 version. As an ISO 14001 certified Company, the company installed waste water recovery facility to treat, recycle and reuse the entire quantity of sewage and process effluents, thereby achieving zero liquid effluent discharge. It has also implemented a rain water harvesting system and sewage treatment plant at its township. The treated sewage water is used for gardening purpose. Continuing with its green initiative, the company planted an additional 5000 saplings in the green belt area in its factory in Mangalore in 2010. Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, is the largest manufacturer of chemical fertilizers