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Orica Chemicals Group is comprised of six businesses:  Chemicals Australia, Mining Chemicals, Chemicals New Zealand, Bronson & Jacobs, Chemicals Latin America and Watercare.

The Chemicals Group has a strong portfolio of manufacturing and distribution assets strategically located across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Latin America and Africa which enables it to provide valuable supply chain capabilities for its customers. A common aspect of each business within the Group is that each has a good market position in its business sector or operating geography.

 

Chemicals Australia manufactures, imports and distributes a broad range of chemicals for use in mining, water treatment, pulp and paper, construction, dairy, food and beverage and other industrial markets. It is also a leading supplier of plastics resins and compounds. 

 

Mining Chemicals is the leading manufacturer and supplier of sodium cyanide to the gold mining sector globally. It also supplies a range of specialty chemicals, acids and alkali products, with application across all mining sectors.

 

Chemicals NZ is the largest chemical distribution business in New Zealand. It services a wide variety of industries, including dairy, pulp and paper and water treatment. It also distributes the Shell lubricants range of products.

 

Bronson & Jacobs formulates and supplies a broad portfolio of products to food and personal care customers in Australia, New Zealand, China and South East Asia.

Chemicals Latin America imports a wide range of chemicals for use in the mining, building and construction and industrial sectors. It has operations in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. 

Watercare provides water treatment solutions to mining and municipal operations using advanced ion exchange technology  (MIEX®), UV disinfection and membrane filters.

 

 

Head Office and contact information:
1 Nicholson Street
Melbourne Victoria
3000
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9665 7111
Fax: +61 3 9665 7937
 


Manufacturing Operations:


Chlor Alkali

Botany (New South Wales, Australia)

Laverton (Victoria, Australia)

Yarwun (Queensland, Australia)

 

Sodium Hypochlorite

Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)

Lami (Fiji)

Osborne (South Australia, Australia)

Timaru (New Zealand)

Welshpool (Western Australia, Australia)

 

Alum and Water Treatment

Deer Park (Victoria, Australia)

Heybridge (Tasmania, Australia)

Kwinana (Western Australia, Australia)

Morrinsville (New Zealand)

Morwell (Victoria, Australia)

Pinkenba (Queensland, Australia)

Wyong (New South Wales, Australia)

 

Sodium Cyanide

Yarwun (Queensland, Australia)

 

Plastics Compounding

Laverton (Victoria, Australia)

Noble Park (Victoria, Australia)

 

Other Production Facilities

Deer Park (Victoria, Australia)

Geelong (Victoria, Australia)

Kinleith (New Zealand)

Port Kembla (New South Wales, Australia)

 

Blending and Re-Packing

Antofagasta (Chile, South America)

Mount Maunganui (New Zealand)

Santiago (Chile, South America )

Timaru (New Zealand)

Ventanilla (Peru, South America)

Villawood (New South Wales, Australia)

Yarraville (Victoria, Australia)

 

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