Insights and Stories on Explosion

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

Aug. 24, 2020 at 2:36 am CDT

Beirut | Reuters — Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure at the port, the main entry point for […]

North American ammonium nitrate laws best in world, Nutrien CEO says

Aug. 11, 2020 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say

Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Jonathan Saul Lisa Barrington Maria Vasilyeva

Missing Beirut silo worker’s family clings to hope

Aug. 10, 2020 at 1:29 pm CDT

By Yara Abi Nader

After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves

Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:40 pm CDT

By Ellen Francis maha-el-dahan

Wheat in Beirut’s port granaries not usable

Aug. 4, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Lebanon’s economy minister, Raoul Nehme, told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beirut’s port granaries cannot be used and that the ministry lost track of seven employees in the granaries. The minister also told local media that Lebanon will import wheat and added that […]

By Reuters

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

Oct. 17, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said Thursday it had suspended some shifts at its Dodge City, Kansas beef-packing plant after an explosion injured two employees. Cargill spokesman Daniel Sullivan said the company expects the facility to be fully operational soon and that it would meet all it customer commitments. The […]

By Reuters

Local planning faulted in Texas fertilizer site explosion

Jan. 25, 2016 at 6:21 pm CST

Reuters — An explosion at a Texas fertilizer storage facility in 2013 that killed 15 people likely happened because the owner of the site kept combustible material near a 30-ton pile of ammonium nitrate, according to a report released by the federal Chemical Safety Board on Monday. The April 17, […]

By M.B. Pell

Louis Dreyfus plant may resume canola crushing in 3-7 weeks

Oct. 31, 2014 at 11:27 am CDT

Winnipeg / Reuters – Louis Dreyfus Corp’s Canadian canola plant may resume receiving and crushing the oilseed in three to seven weeks, following last week’s explosion and fire, the president of the company’s Canadian unit said on Friday. Brant Randles, president of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Canada Ltd, said the company is working with […]