The original buyers of the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut's port have told CNN that it had been bought for use in mining
Fábrica de Explosivos Moçambique , a Mozambican explosives manufacturing company, told CNN that they were the ones who originally ordered the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut's port for nearly seven years. The order of ammonium nitrate was intended for manufacturing explosives for mining companies in Mozambique, the spokesperson said.Read More "We can confirm that yes, we did order it," a spokesperson for FEM told CNN.
But several months after the ammonium nitrate left Georgia, the spokesperson said the trading company told FEM it would not be arriving:"We were just informed by that trading company: there's a problem with the vessel, your order is not going to be delivered," the spokesperson said."So, we never paid for it, we never received it.
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