Titadyn 30 AG (often referred to as Titadine) is a type of compressed dynamite used in mining and manufactured in southern France by Titanite S.A. The explosive comes in the form of salmon-coloured tubes of a range of diameters, from 50 to 120mm. It is very powerful and fast-burning, with an energy rating of 4650 J/g and a speed of detonation of over 6,000 m/s. Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin using diatomaceous earth (Kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ... Titanite Titanite or sphene is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, CaTiSiO5. ... Salmon Pink is a very light pink color that resembles the color Salmon. ...

In recent years, it has been used in bomb attacks by the ETA terrorist group in Spain. In September 1999 a combined group of ETA members and Breton separatists raided a factory at Plevin, Brittany, stealing over eight tonnes of Titadyn (some of which was subsequently sold to the Islamist terror group Hamas, according to Spain's El Mundo newspaper). Another raid took place in March 2001 when an explosives factory near Grenoble in France was targeted and 1.6 tonnes of Titadyn was stolen. Much of it was later recovered by Spanish police in raids, or was used by ETA in car bomb attacks in Spanish cities. For other uses, see ETA (disambiguation). ... Terrorist redirects here. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Breton Revolutionary Army (French: Armée Revolutionnaire Bretonne or ARB) was created in 1971 as the armed wing of the Front de Libération de la Bretagne. ... Brittany has an expansive coastline Flag of Brittany (Gwenn-ha-du) Historical province of Brittany région of Bretagne, see Bretagne. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Hamas (Arabic: ‎; acronym: Arabic: ‎, or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement; the Arabic acronym means zeal) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist organization that currently (since January 2006) forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority. ... El Mundo can refer to: El Mundo (Spain), Spanish newspaper El Mundo (Puerto Rico), Puerto Rican newspaper El Mundo (Argentine), Argentine newspaper El Mundo (game), four player tables game described in the Alfonso X manuscript This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grenoble (Arpitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. ...

External links

• Titanite A.G. - Titadyn 30 AG factsheet