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Orica Limited () is an Australian-based multinational corporation that is the largest provider of commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets, the global leader in the provision of ground support in mining and tunnelling, and the leading supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction. The company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide and serves customers in more than 100. ==History== Initially formed over 130 years ago as Jones, Scott and Co., a supplier of explosives during the Victorian gold rush, the company was bought by Nobel Industries. Nobel later merged with several British chemical manufacturers to form Imperial Chemical Industries, In 1928, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ) was incorporated to acquire and coordinate all the Australasian interests of ICI Plc. In July 1997, ICI Australia became an independent Australasian company after its parent company, ICI Plc, divested its 62.4 per cent shareholding in the company. As a result of the selldown ICI Australia was required to change its name and on 2 February 1998 became known as Orica. In 2010, Orica successfully demerged Dulux Group leaving the company to focused on the provision of services to the mining, construction and infrastructure industries. In November 2014, Orica Limited announced the sale of its Chemicals business to the Blackstone Group. As announced to the ASX on 2 March 2015, this transaction has now been completed, and the Chemicals business has also announced that it will be trading under the name '(Ixom )'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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