Melbourne, Australia: Orica (ASX: ORI), the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the release of its new automated rock sizing measurement technology, FRAGTrack™.

The 100 millionth Electronic Blasting Systems (EBS) detonator rolled off the production line today, marking a milestone achievement for Orica and the facility which supplies the detonators to customers around the world

Melbourne, Australia: Orica (ASX: ORI), the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the release of new features to their digital blast optimisation platform, BlastIQ™.

Rocscience and GroundProbe have launched a deep collaboration between their industry-leading software systems, to provide greater value to the global geotechnical community.

Designed for use in the Open Cut mining sector, the Bulkmaster 7 is the latest evolution of Orica’s market-leading delivery system technology, delivering a leap in productivity and safety on bench, and another significant step towards automating drill and blast operations in the future.

Orica's Chief Commercial Officer described the technology as being a game-changer for the industry.

Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the launch of the premium i-kon™ III Electronic Blasting System.

Alberto Calderon today announced that Nick Bowen, Group Executive Strategic Marketing and Technology, has decided to leave the organisation, effective 18 December 2015.