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Ammonium nitrate (AN) primarily is used as a fertilizer but it is also very important compound in the production of industrial explosives. The application of ammonium nitrate in the production of industrial explosives was related with the early era of Nobel dynamite and widely increased with the appearance of blasting agents such as ANFO and Slurry, in the middle of the last Century. Throughout the world millions of tons of ammonium nitrate are produced annually and handled without incident. Although ammonium nitrate generally is used safely, accidental explosions involving AN have high impact resulting in loss of lives and destruction of property. The paper presents the basic properties of ammonium nitrate as well as hazards in handling of ammonium nitrate in order to prevent accidents. Several accidents with explosions of ammonium nitrate resulted in catastrophic consequences are listed in the paper as examples of non-compliance with prescribed procedures.Key words: ammonium nitrate, explosion, accident, handling, storage, transport Apstrakt: Amonijum nitrat (AN) primarno se koristi kao đubrivo ali je takođe i veoma važan sastojak u proizvodnji industrijskih eksploziva. Primena amonijum nitrata u proizvodnji industrijskih eksploziva povezana je sa ranim dobom Nobelovih dinamita, a uveliko je povećana sa pojavom eksplozivnih sastava kao što su ANFO i Slari, sredinom prošlog veka. Milioni tona amonijum nitrata se godišnje proizvede i koristi bez incidenata širom sveta. Iako se obično amonijum nitrat bezbedno koristi, nesreće sa eksplozijama u kojima je uključen amonijum nitrat imaju visok uticaj, dovodeći do gubitka života ljudi i uništavanja imovine. U radu su prikazane osnovne karakteristike amonijum nitrata, kao i opasnosti pri rukovanju amonijum nitratom u cilju sprečavanja nesreće. Nekoliko nesreća sa eksplozijama amonijum nitrata koje su dovele do katastrofalnih posledica navedene su u radu kao primer nepoštovanja propisanih procedura.

Nowadays, software is increasingly used in mining through the exploitation of mineral raw materials, mine design, in performing various field operations, etc. Among mining software, there is software for specific mining operations such as drilling and blasting operations. These processes are very important in the exploitation of solid mineral raw materials because they represent the cheapest and most effective form of rock mass fragmentation. Through the Paper, some of software is presented in the combination with modern technologies that are in use all over the world which have brought great advantages in drilling and blasting operations.