Chemicals

Orica Chemicals is comprised of three businesses: Mining and Specialty Chemicals, Chemnet and Watercare.  The Chemicals business has been operating as one since August 2008 when the Chemical Services and Chemnet platforms were merged.

Orica Chemicals Mining and Specialty Chemicals business is the world’s second largest producer of sodium cyanide, as well as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of explosive emulsifiers. The business also manufactures a range specialty surfactants, personal care additives, paint additives, pulp and paper dyes and agricultural chemicals. 
 
Chemnet is Orica Chemical’s trading and distribution solutions business, and is the largest chemical trading business in Australasia. The business acts primarily as a value-adding distributor or agent for many of the world’s major chemical manufacturers through its comprehensive supply chain.
 
Chemnet services more than 40 key industries.  Markets include food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, personal care, flavours, mining, agriculture, pulp and paper, printing, plastics, refrigeration, metal, engineering, surface coating, building and construction, automotive, dry-cleaning, footwear, cosmetic, wire and cable, appliance and container.
 
Chemnet is based in Australia and operates in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Fiji, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and the United Kingdom.  The business’ numerous umbrella brands include Chemnet Australia; Chemnet New Zealand; Chemnet Fiji; Bronson & Jacobs Australasia & Asia, including Woods & Woods (Australia) and Keith Harris (Australia); Marplex Australasia including Welvic (Australia) and Qenos Engineering Plastics (Australia); Spectrum (Australia); Orica Chemicals Latin America (formerly QAC, QAP, Andean Mining Chemicals and Active Chemicals); and Karochem (UK).
 
Watercare is based in Australia and has operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.  Watercare products are used by municipal customers for creating safe drinking water and treating sewerage and by industrial customers in water and process applications.  Industrial markets include pulp and paper, food and beverage, dairy, steel, power generation and petrochemical. 
 

Head Office and contact information:
Level 8
1 Nicholson Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9665 7111
Fax: +61 3 9665 7937
 
Manufacturing Plants:
ChlorAlkali
Botany (New South Wales, Australia)
Laverton (Victoria, Australia)
Yarwun (Queensland, Australia)
 
Sodium Cyanide
Yarwun (Queensland, Australia)
 
Aluminates
Heybridge (Tasmania, Australia)
Morwell (Victoria, Australia)
Wyong (New South Wales, Australia)

Marplex Manufacturing
Laverton (Victoria, Australia) 
Noble Park (Victoria, Australia) 

Blending & Repacking Plants – Chemnet
Villawood (New South Wales, Australia)
Morrinsville (New Zealand)
Mt Maunganui (New Zealand)
Timaru (New Zealand)
Anofagasta (Chile)
Santiago (Chile)
 
Other Plants – Chemnet
Geelong (Victoria, Australia)
Kinleith (New Zealand)
Port Kembla (New South Wales, Australia)