Orica Ltd.

Sector: Explosives Region: Australia

Exchange/Ticker: ASX: ORIPB | ASX: ORI | OTC Bulletin Board: OCLDY

Company Description

Orica Ltd. is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of mining, consumer and chemical products. The company provides commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets, and engages in the provision of ground support in mining and tunneling, and supplies sodium cyanide for gold extraction. It also supplies general chemicals across a diverse range of markets, including agriculture, building and construction, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care, plastics, pulp and paper and water treatment industries. The company operates in four segments: Mining Services, Minova, Chemicals and Other. The Mining Services segment includes manufacture and supply of explosives and mining services, initiating systems and blasting technology to the mining, quarrying, construction and exploration industries. The Minova segment includes manufacture and supply of specialty bolts, accessories and chemicals. The Chemicals segment includes manufacture, distribution and trading of a broad range of industrial and specialty chemicals for use in a wide range of industries, which include water treatment, pulp and paper, food and beverage, construction and mining. The Other segment includes minor activities, operation of the Botany Groundwater Recycling Business, non-operating assets, corporate and support costs and financial items such as foreign currency gains and losses. Orica was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

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