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Marion Rae

Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

More than half of Australia's ammonia is used to produce explosives. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's world-leading mining industry could spark a clean boom by switching to green explosives, research suggests.

Explosives made from ammonium nitrate are widely used by industry and research released on Thursday by the independent Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis suggests a "triple win" from production going green.

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