Larsen & Toubro  (L&T) will develop a coal-to-ammonium nitrate project in Odisha

¨     Larsen & Toubro  (L&T) will develop a coal-to-ammonium nitrate project in Odisha.

¨     Ammonium nitrate is an industrial chemical mainly used in fertilisers and controlled industrial applications.

¨     The project will use coal as a feedstock for chemical conversion.

¨     It is linked to coal gasification, a process in which coal is converted into synthesis gas (syngas) through controlled reaction with oxygen, steam, or air.

¨     Ammonium nitrate has the chemical formula NH₄NO₃.

¨   It is a white crystalline salt widely used as a nitrogen fertiliser and as an industrial explosive component in mining and quarrying under regulated conditions.

¨     Odisha is one of India’s major mineral-rich states and has large coal-bearing regions.

¨     The state is an important hub for steel, power, fertiliser, and mineral processing industries.