Production Plants
CHILE
AMMONIUM NITRATE PLANT (PRILLEX AMERICA)
Located in Mejillones.
Production of Ammonium Nitrate.
Current production capacity: 850 thousand tons/year.
MULTIMATRIX PLANT (PRILLEX AMERICA)
Located in Mejillones.
Production of bulk emulsions.
Current production capacity: 250 thousand tons/year.
DYNAMITE AND EXPLOSIVES PLANT (RÍO LOA)
Located in Calama.
Production of cartridge explosives
(dynamite, pentolite, PETN), ANFO in sacks and bulk emulsions.
INITIATION SYSTEMS PLANT (RÍO LOA)
Located in Calama.
Production of non-electric detonators, non-electric dual detonators,
non-electric trunk line detonator.
ANFO AND EMULSIONS PLANT (PUNTA TEATINOS)
Located in La Serena.
Production of emulsions and distribution center
for Ammonium Nitrate and cartridge products.
Current production capacity: 60 thousand tons/year.
ARGENTINA
EMULSIONS PLANT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
(CAMPANARIO)
Located in the Province of San Juan.
Production of bulk emulsions.
BRAZIL
EMULSIONS AND BOOSTERS PLANT
Located in Quatro Barras.
Production of matrices, packaged emulsions, boosters and others.
FRANCE
ELECTRONIC DETONATORS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES PLANT
Located in the city of Héry.
Production of electronic detonators and other accessories.
PERU
AMMONIUM NITRATE PLANT
(CACHIMAYO)
Located in Cuzco.
Production of Ammonium Nitrate.
Current production capacity: 35 thousand tons/year.
UNITED STATES
EMULSIONS PLANT
Located in Rush Valley, Utah.
Production of emulsions.
Current production capacity: 20 thousand tons/year.
SERVICE PLANTS
Our service plants, which are located near customers mineral deposits and mining sites, feature all the equipment necessary for safe, high-quality, productive operations. The most noteworthy include: storage silos for ammonium nitrate and emulsions, magazines for storing high explosives and initiation systems, equipment for transporting raw materials, support offices and mobile manufacturing units. The latter are specially designed to transport raw materials (ammonium nitrate and oil) to be mixed on-site where they will be used. Mobile manufacturing units are custom designed and equipped for each mine, according to the most stringent safety standards. As of December 2018, the Company had a global fleet of 200 factory trucks for open-pit mining operations and 21 trucks for underground mining operations.