The Africa explosives market size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.60% between 2025 and 2034.
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The rapid adoption of explosives in the construction sector for the development of roads and buildings aids the Africa explosives market growth.
Research and development efforts are actively conducted to address increasing environmental concerns. These endeavours aim to create green explosives that release minimal amounts of toxic exhaust gases during mining and excavation operations.
Explosives play a vital role in extracting coal from rock formations and improving mining activities.
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Africa Explosives Market Outlook
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Explosives find extensive application across various sectors including mining, construction, and defence, among others. One of the most common applications is in underground mining and surface hard rock quarrying activities. In the construction sector, they are commonly utilised to facilitate the creation of new roads, excavation of land for building foundations or basement areas, and demolition purposes.
As per the Africa explosives market analysis, the coal mining sector occupies a significant share of the market due to the increasing use of coal for energy generation. Improvements in blasting methods and implementation of new explosives that enhance blasting efficiency, resulting in increased coal production while reducing the number of explosives used, further contribute to the market development.
Geographically, South Africa leads the market, accounting for a significant Africa explosives market share due to the high demand from the construction and mining sectors. The construction sector relies on explosives for various purposes such as tunnelling, building foundations, and road development, which helps reduce labour and operational costs. In 2022, South Africa exported $67.7M worth of Prepared Explosives, becoming its third-largest exporter globally. Furthermore, Prepared Explosives ranked as the 193rd most exported product in South Africa in the same year. Additionally, partnerships between market players and mining equipment and technology companies are expected to contribute to the market growth.
“Africa Explosives Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034” offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
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The market players are focusing on sustainability to stay ahead of the competition, further increasing their partnership and acquisition efforts to strengthen their market presence
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The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.60% between 2025 and 2034.
The market is driven by rapid industrialisation and wide use of explosives in multiple sectors including mining, construction, and defence.
The key trends aiding the market expansion include advancements in green explosives production and growing construction projects
The major types of explosives in the market are emulsion, dry blasting, non-electric capsule, seismic, and others.
The major end use sectors considered in the market report are mining, construction, and defence.
The key players in the market are Yara International ASA, AECI Limited, Orica Limited, Omnia Holdings Limited, ENAEX S.A., Sasol Limited, Saudi Chemical Holding Company, and Nigachem Nigeria Limited, among others.
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| Base Year | 2024 |
| Historical Period | 2018-2024 |
| Forecast Period | 2025-2034 |
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63 Fiona Drive, Tamworth, NSW
+61-448-061-727
India
C130 Sector 2 Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301
+91-723-689-1189
Philippines
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+63-287-899-028, +63-967-048-3306
United Kingdom
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