EHC is Egypt’s leading Low Density Ammonium Nitrate (LDAN) manufacturer.
Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation (EHC) is the industrial and mining explosives division of Carbon Holdings producing a range of petrochemical products for the oil, mining, quarrying and construction industries.
Carbon Holdings established
EHC in 2007 to own and operate the first world-scale low-density ammonium nitrate facility in the Middle East and Africa. Commercial operations at the state-of-the art plant commenced in 2019.
EHC has the capacity to produce 300,000 metric tons of nitric acid and 350,000 metric tons of low density ammonium nitrate annually. EHC products are currently supplied to highly renowned customers across the mining and construction industries with exports worldwide including Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South America and APAC.
EHC’s LDAN is designed to be used as a solid oxidizer ingredient for ANFO and heavy
ANFO production as the most cost-effective dry surface and underground blasting
applications. Due to its high porosity and low density, EHC LDAN ensures high fuel
oil absorption increasing ANFO’s blasting performance. EHC LDAN can be used for
mining, quarrying and civil construction applications.
EHC Nitric Acid is a colorless liquid produced using dual pressure process by oxidizing ammonia into NOx gases over platinum knitted catalyst gauzes. The NOx gases pass through a series of coolers which is followed by the absorption process to produce 60% w/w concentration. The Nitric Acid then passes through a final bleaching stage to remove any remaining non-condensed NOx gases.
