Orica Ltd Unsp/Adr (OCLDY)

Orica Ltd was founded in 1974. The Company is a manufacturer of industrial & specialty chemicals, commercial explosives & mining chemicals, paints & other consumer products in Australasia. It provides commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets and provision of ground support in mining and tunnelling, and the supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction. The Company also supplies general chemicals across a diverse range of markets, including agriculture, building and construction, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care, plastics, pulp and paper and water treatment industries. It has a strong portfolio of manufacturing and distribution assets strategically located across Australia Pacific, Asia, EMEA, Latin America and North America. The Company operates in four segments: Mining Services, Minova, Chemicals and Other. The Mining Services segment includes the manufacture and supply of explosives and mining services, initiating systems and blasting technology to the mining, quarrying, construction and exploration industries. The minova segment includes the manufacture and supply of specialty bolts, accessories and chemicals. The Chemicals segment includes manufacturing, distribution and trading of a broad range of industrial and specialty chemicals for use in a wide range of industries, which include water treatment, pulp and paper, food and beverage, construction and mining. The Other segment includes minor activities, operation of the Botany Groundwater Recycling Business, non-operating assets, corporate and support costs and financial items such as foreign currency gains and losses.