THANKS TO VAST EXPERIENCE IN THE PRODUCTION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE, ENAEX HAS BECOME THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN LATIN AMERICA AND THIRD IN THE WORLD. WITH 97 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, IT HAS ESTABLISHED ITS LEADERSHIP IN THE BLASTING SERVICES MARKET FOR LARGE-SCALE MINING IN CHILE AND BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE REGION’S EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING MARKET.
Ammonium nitrate is also sold as a raw material used for on-site manufacturing of blasting agents at various mining sites. Enaex provides customer- and site-specific solutions using ammonium nitrate and other products. Today, the ammonium nitrate produced by the Company is sold directly to customers within Chile and abroad, including important destinations like Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru.
In its explosives product line, Enaex S.A. produces a large amount of high explosives—including various types of dynamite, boosters, cartridge emulsions and detonators—at the Río Loa plant in Calama. These products are used in blasting for open-pit and underground mining as well as small- and medium-scale mining operations.
2017 SALES REVENUE BY PRODUCT
2017 SALES REVENUE BY MARKET
FAMILIES BY PRODUCT
RAW MATERIALS FOR EXPLOSIVES
- LOW-DENSITY AMMONIUM NITRATE
- PRILLEX LR: LOW-DENSITY AMMONIUM NITRATE (LONG RANGE)
- PRILLEX ULD: ULTRA LOW-DENSITY AMMONIUM NITRATE
- PRILLEX HPURE: EMULSION-GRADE HIGH PURITY AMMONIUM NITRATE
- PRILLEX FR: AMMONIUM NITRATE FOR EMULSIONS
- AMMONIUM NITRATE SOLUTION 84%
- EMULSIONS
- WATER GELS
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BLASTING AGENTS
- BULK ANFO (ALUMINIZED)
- HEAVY ANFO (POURABLE AND PUMPABLE)
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HIGH EXPLOSIVES
- ANFO IN SACKS
- PACKAGED EMULSIONS
- DYNAMITE
- COAL MINE PERMISSIBLE DYNAMITE
- SEISMIC EXPLORATION
- BOOSTERS
- CONE BOOSTERS
- LANDSLIDE CONTROLS.
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INITIATION SYSTEMS
- NON-ELECTRIC DETONATORS
- ELECTRIC DETONATORS
- ELECTRONIC DETONATORS
- DETONATING CORDS
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OTHER PRODUCTS
- KOOLKAP SELF-INFLATING BAGS
- POWER DECK PLUGS (TAPONEX)
- QUIKDRAW CANNONS
- FLAME RETARDANT
- EXPANSION CEMENT
- ROCK BLASTING ACCESSORIES
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OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
- 60% NITRIC ACID