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