# Orica opens ammonium nitrate plant at Walvis Bay, Namibia

Orica opened Namibia's first ammonium nitrate factory at Walvis Bay, a N$40 million plant near Rooikop. The plant will produce about 16,000 tonnes per year of ammonium nitrate emulsion for mining explosives. Production has already started.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-24
- Where: Walvis Bay, Namibia, Namibia
- Value: $2.70M (40.0M NAD)
- Starts operating: 24 Sep 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 16,000 tonnes per year
- Products: ammonium nitrate emulsion
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Orica Limited](https://endata.com/companies/28933.md)
- [Orica Limited](https://endata.com/companies/28933.md) (partner)
- [Native Storage Facility](https://endata.com/companies/58540.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [namibian.com.na](https://www.namibian.com.na/nam-opens-first-explosives-material-factory-at-walvis/), 2021-09-27: "NAMIBIA’s first ammonium nitrate factory, which will significantly decrease the country’s dependence on imports, opened at Walvis Bay on Friday."
- [fmdrc-zambia.com](https://fmdrc-zambia.com/orica-and-native-storage-facility-breaking-new-ground-in-namibia/), 2021-10-19: "The new site, Rooikoop, is the first ammonium nitrate emulsion (ANE) plant outside a mining property in the region."

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