What we do

Working across more than 100 countries, we enable our customers to responsibly extract the earth's critical resources using blasting, digital and chemical innovations and technologies. As the world continues towards a low-carbon future, global demand for essential minerals, such as cobalt, copper, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc is growing. These are the resources powering the technologies—electric vehicles, advanced batteries, wind turbines and solar panels—that are driving the global energy transition.

Our business

The Orica business delivers cutting edge innovations and advanced technologies, services and solutions through three specialised business segments:

Blasting Solutions

Our Blasting Solutions business delivers explosives and patented blasting systems to mining, quarrying and infrastructure industries worldwide. Supported by an extensive global network of manufacturing plants, we produce ammonium nitrate and other essential blasting components to ensure safe, efficient and reliable operations for our customers.

Digital Solutions

Our Digital Solutions business develops advanced software, monitoring devices and sensors that transform operations and redefine what's possible in mining and infrastructure. Through sophisticated data, analytics and automation technologies, our digital products deliver predictive insights, enabling visibility and decision-making, to enhance safety and sustainable productivity outcomes at critical stages of our customers' operations.

Specialty Mining Chemicals

Our Specialty Mining Chemicals business is the largest mining-dedicated chemicals business in the world. We specialise in the production and supply of specialised chemicals, including sodium cyanide for gold extraction, and emulsifiers and reagents that are tailored to specific metallurgical processes.