Chemicals & gases · Australia

Orica

World's largest supplier of commercial explosives (ammonium-nitrate emulsions, initiating systems) to mining and quarrying.

Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia · Oceania
Value chain
Chemicals & gases(Inputs); also Professional & data services
What that means
Supplies chemistry: speciality and process chemicals, coatings and resins, industrial and speciality gases, energetics, fuels, reagents and enzymes.
Founded
1874
Ownership
Listed
Listing
ASX:ORI on Google Finance
Website
orica.com
Relevance
Very high at its strongest, in Energetic Materials

In 2 capabilities

Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.

  1. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #4 of 50

    World's largest supplier of commercial explosives (ammonium-nitrate emulsions, initiating systems) to mining and quarrying.

    Relevance: World's largest commercial explosives supplier

    Source · orica.com

  2. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #49 of 50

    World's largest commercial-explosives maker, running ammonia and ammonium-nitrate process plants and mining-chemicals production.

    Relevance: Major ammonia and ammonium nitrate producer

    Source · en.wikipedia.org