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Company Profile

  • Business description

    Orica is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of chemicals and explosives, primarily to the mining industry. It has operations in 50 countries across six continents. Mining services is the lone growth engine now that the chemicals business has been sold. Orica has an approximate 28% share of the global commercial explosives market. It provided resins, steel bolts, and other products for underground mining and tunneling though this business is now sold. It also supplies chemicals such as sodium cyanide to the mining industry.

  • Contact

    1 Nicholson Street
    Level 3
    East Melbourne
    Melbourne VIC 3002
    AUS

    T: +61 396657111

    E: companyinfo@orica.com

    https://www.orica.com

  • Sector

    Basic Materials

    Stock type

    Cyclical

  • Industry

    Specialty Chemicals

    Fiscal Year End

    30 September 2024

    Employees

    12,500

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