Orica Limited (ASX: ORI) is an Australian-based multinational corporation that is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining, quarrying, oil and gas and construction markets, a supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction, and a specialist provider of ground support services in mining and tunnelling.
Orica has a workforce of around 11,500 employees and contractors, servicing customers across more than 100 countries. Orica is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: ORI). It has in recent years been subject to a number of high profile industrial accidents and fatalities.
Traded as: ASX: ORI
Industry: Metals, mining, oil and gas, construction, tunnelling
Founded: Australia
Headquarters: Orica House, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Products: Explosives, Sodium cyanide, Ground support
Website: www.orica.com