11 SEPTEMBER 2024 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Orica Celebrates 150 Years Adapted from Information by Orica Founded in June 1874, as a supplier of explosives to the Victorian gold fields in Australia, Orica has grown to be one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solution providers, with more than 12,500 employees operating in over 100 countries around the globe. Orica has pioneered researchled innovation, while maintaining proud traditions of safety, respect, teamwork, integrity, and excellence. Orica has grown to become one of the leading publicly owned companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The original company, Jones, Scott and Co., was bought by Nobel Explosives which went on to merge with Brunner Mond and Co., United Alkali Company, and British Dyestuffs Corporation to form Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI). Throughout the journey there have been several transformations. In 1883, Nobel Explosives purchased the Brownsburg plant originally founded by Daniel Smith’s Hamilton Powder Company to produce black powder, which was used for hunting, quarrying, and land clearing. The company, which changed its name to the Australian Explosives and Chemical Company in 1888, stopped making powders in 1892. By the end of World War I, it had moved into the heavy chemical industry. In 1940, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ) commissioned a detonator plant, an ammonia fertilizer plant at Deer Park, as well as a phosphorus plant beside the Yarraville chemical works. Production of ammonium chloride and hydrochloric acid began in Mayfield, in 1942. By 1956, Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies opened ICIANZ’s new research lab in Ascot Vale, Melbourne. Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ) became ICI Australia in 1971. When parent company ICI divested its major shareholding in ICI Australia in 1997, a new independent Australasian company was formed; and on February 2, 1998, they became known as Orica. In 2015, the company sold its chemicals division which became an independent company called Ixom. In 2018, the acquisition of GroundProbe, a global market leader in the provision of critical monitoring and measurement technologies for the mining sector was made. The acquisition of Exsa, Peru’s leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial explosives, happened in 2020; a year later, RIG Technologies and Hopper Industrial Group formed part of their orebody intelligence and digital solutions portfolio. During 2022, the company acquired Axis Mining Technology, a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of special-ized geospatial tools and instruments for the mining industry. This year, Orica acquired Cyanco, a U.S.-based leader in the manufacture and distribution of sodium cyanide. As Orica continues to evolve further into the global company it is today, they continue to maintain proud traditions of safety, leadership, innovation, sustainability, and quality. EXB Detonator plant and ammonia fertilizer plant at Deer Park. 302-684-319 & Mfg., Inc. Atlantic Scree et om ducts 97 en E-mail: atlantic@ce.ne Atlantic-Screen.co Clear PVC Pipe j Inline Chemical Mixers j ell Rehabilitation Prod jW DE 142 Broadkill Rd Milton, ½” - 24 ranging fr Perforated of Slotted Manufactu Fax: 302-384-0643 more! MUCH And j Bailers Sampling j Locking Caps j Filter Sock j Bentonite j Manholes j Pipe Clear PVC 4” rom Pipe and urers E 19968
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