Maxam Explosives launches renewable ammonia production unit in Spain
By on October 05, 2025
Talus provides containerised system
Click to learn more about Maxam’s new renewable ammonia plant inaugurated in Spain, with technology provided by TalusAg. Source: MAXAM LinkedIn.
Spain-based explosives and chemicals manufacturer Maxam has announced the inauguration of a new renewable ammonia plant at its manufacturing site outside Burgos in the north of the country. The facility is Europe’s second renewable ammonia plant, after Topsoe, Skovgaard, Vestas inaugurated a “dynamic” renewable ammonia plant in August 2024 in Ramme, Denmark. The containerised, modular unit produces ammonia from electricity, air and water, and was provided by TalusAg.
This modular and fully renewable facility enables us to produce green hydrogen via water electrolysis and nitrogen from the air, eliminating CO2 emissions and reducing our carbon footprint by up to 95%.
But we don’t stop there: we embed this plant within a circular economy model, aiming to produce green explosives for the mining and civil blasting sectors. With this bold step, MAXAM moves toward a more sustainable, innovative, and responsible mining industry.
From MAXAM’s LinkedIn announcement, 26 Sept 2025
Click to learn more. Talus’ renewable fertilizer production plant in Boone, Iowa (background), with anhydrous ammonia being applied directly to a field (foreground). Source: TalusAg.
The modular ammonia production system is similar to one which began producing renewable molecules in Boone, Iowa this year. The 20 ton per day renewable ammonia system in Iowa is a step up from Talus’ first deployment in Kenya, a 1-ton per day capacity plant outside Nairobi, which has a 15-year renewable fertiliser supply offtake agreement with neighbors Kenya Nut. In Chile, explosives manufacturer Enaex and energy giant ENGIE are also developing a renewable ammonia-for-blasting-agents project, aiming to replace Enaex’s current ammonia imports of 350,000 tons each year.