Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Explosives (Coal, Quarry & Construction, Metals & Coal Mining) & Chemicals (Agriculture & Industrial)[1] |
Founded | Sweden 1865 [2] |
Headquarters | Brisbane, Australia & Cottonwood Heights, Utah, USA |
Key people |
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Products | Industrial / Commercial Explosives, Agriculture and Industrial Chemicals[1] |
Revenue | DNAP A$626.4 million (2012)[3] DNA US$1,203.3 million (2012)[3] |
Number of employees | ~3,000 (2013)[2][4] |
Parent | Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) |
Subsidiaries | Nitromak dnx Kimya Sanayii, dnx Drilling, Tradestar, DynoNobel Transportation |
Website | www www |
Dyno Nobel is a manufacturer of explosives. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Limited operating in Australia, Canada, the United States, Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, South America, Papua New Guinea and Turkey.[2]
They provide the explosives used in coal and metal mining, quarry and construction as well as pipeline and seismic used for oil and gas exploration.[5] The types of explosives manufactured includes ammonium nitrate, dynamite, electric, non electric and electronic detonators, detonating cord and cast boosters. They also produce surface and underground loading systems.[6] In 2012 Dyno Nobel had over a million tons of ammonium nitrate capacity and over 30 manufacturing facilities on two continents.[3]