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$6.87B

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Orica
Leadership team

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Gulab Gandhi M.B.A. (MD, CEO & Exec. Director)

Mr. Angus J. Melbourne B.E., B.Sc. (Chief Technology Officer)

Mr. Christopher Roger Davis B.Com., C.A. (Exec. Officer)

Products/ Services
Chemical, Manufacturing
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Established
1874
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
ORI.AX
Social Media
URL
https://www.orica.com
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History
Mission
Vision
Key Team
Recognition and Award
References
Summary
Orica Limited manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Peru, the United States, and internationally. The company provides 4D bulk explosives systems, packaged explosives, initiating systems, boosters, and seismic explosive ranges; technical services and solutions; and supplementary services. It also offers automation solutions, including Avatel, a machine equipped with underground development charging system; and secondary breakage and hang up blasting, a tele-remote blasting solution. In addition, the company provides mining chemical products, such as cyanide sparges, emulsifiers, and sodium cyanide, as well as PRO services; digitally enabled benchmarks and insights at various stages of the blasting process; and nitrogen fertilizers, which includes urea ammonium nitrate and ammonia. Further, it offers resources to explore the use of chemical energy in blasting, blasting fundamentals, and properties of explosives and blasting principles; training courses; and geotechnical deformation and convergence monitoring solutions. The company serves surface coal, surface metal, iron ore, quarrying, underground mining and construction, construction, civil infrastructure, oil and gas, and agriculture markets. Orica Limited was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in East Melbourne, Australia.
History

Initially founded in 1874 as Jones, Scott and Co., a supplier of explosives during the Victorian gold rush, the company was bought by Nobel Industries. Nobel later merged with several British chemical manufacturers to form Imperial Chemical Industries. In 1928, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand was incorporated to acquire and coordinate all the Australasian interests of ICI Plc.

In July 1997, ICI Australia became an independent Australasian company after its parent company, ICI Plc, divested its 62.4 per cent shareholding in the company. As a result of the selldown ICI Australia was required to change its name and on 2 February 1998 became known as Orica.

In 2010, Orica successfully demerged DuluxGroup leaving the company to focus on the provision of services to the mining, construction and infrastructure industries.

In November 2014, Orica Limited announced the sale of its chemicals business to the Blackstone Group. The sale was completed on 2 March 2015, and the chemicals business now operates under the name 'Ixom'.

Mission
ORICA’s mission is to deliver safe, innovative, customer-focused solutions and superior value with a commitment to sustainability, integrity and safety.
Vision
To be the global leader in blasting services and an unrivalled provider of value, innovation and sustainability.
Key Team

Ms. Jennifer Haviland B.Com., CPA (Chief People Officer)

Ms. Leah Barlow (Pres of SHES, Discrete Manufacturing & Supply)

Mr. James K. Bonnor (Econ, B.Com, B.Com., Mark) (Pres of Europe, Middle East & Africa)

Ms. Kim Kerr C.A. (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Jeremy Smith B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Phil, M.Mktg (Chief Scientist)

Ms. Delphine Monica Cassidy F.A.C.I.D., M.B.A, M.B.A. (Chief Communications Officer)

Mr. German Morales Baeza M.B.A., M.Sc. (Pres of Australia Pacific)

Recognition and Awards
ORICA has won numerous awards for its innovation, sustainability, and safety initiatives. In 2019, ORICA was awarded the World Mining Magazine Award for Best Blasting Service Company. ORICA was also recognised for its sustainability initiatives when it was awarded the United Nations Environment Programme's Clean Air Award in 2020.
References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orica

https://in.investing.com/equities/orica-limited

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ORI.AX/profile?p=ORI.AX

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/orica-limited

https://companiesmarketcap.com/

https://www.orica.com

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Orica
Leadership team

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Gulab Gandhi M.B.A. (MD, CEO & Exec. Director)

Mr. Angus J. Melbourne B.E., B.Sc. (Chief Technology Officer)

Mr. Christopher Roger Davis B.Com., C.A. (Exec. Officer)

Products/ Services
Chemical, Manufacturing
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Established
1874
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
ORI.AX
Social Media
URL
https://www.orica.com