Keltech Energies, (KEL), formerly known as Karnataka Explosive, a public limited company established in 1977 is a member of the renowned Chowgule Group of Goa. The group is in the fields of mining, shipping, shipbuilding, chemicals, explosives, expanded perlite, breweries and many other industries. Keltech Energies manufactures watergel cartridge explosives, bulk emulsion explosives, mono methyl amine nitrate (MMAN) solution and a variety of expanded perlite products.