Strategically located at the entrance to the Hunter Valley, Orica Mining Services' manufacturing plant at Kooragang Island is an integral part of the company's global operations.

The site produces ammonium nitrate for use in the mining industry, and ammonia and nitric acid for use in industrial and agricultural applications.

What's New 

• Orica Media Release: Orica notifies return of ship to port, 9 May 2012

• Orica Media Release: Orica confirms conditions on ship meet international standards, schedules meeting with MUA, 30 April 2012

• Orica Newsletter April/May 2012

• Orica Media Release: Orica lodges further information for Kooragang Island expansion project, 4 April 2012  

• Register for Orica Site Tour
  16 June 2012
  10 am - 12 pm
  email info@oricaki.com.au or phone 1800 789 044

• Upcoming Drop-in Community Information Session:
  

29 May, 2012

3 - 7 pm
St Thomas' Anglican Church
Young Street Carrington
(Next to the Post Office)

 

• Fact sheets:
  • An Introduction to the Orica Kooragang Island Site
  • Emergency Response Plan Fact Sheet
  • Environment Protection Licence
  • Facility Expansion Project
  • Orica Kooragang Island and the Environment
  • Orica Kooragang Island and the Community

• Air quality impact assessment of 8 August incident - Addendum, 15 February 2012

• Orica Media Release: Orica welcomes revised chromium VI results, 15 February 2012 

• Letter from Sean Winstone, KI Site Manager: Improvement Works at Orica's Kooragang Island Plant, 22 December 2011
  

For further information:

• Community Information Sessions
   
• Community Newsletters
   
• Media Releases - from Orica Kooragang Island
   
• Link to NSW Environment Protection Authority media releases.  
   
• August 2011 Chemical Release

Orica is currently reviewing and upgrading this website to improve access to information.
Preparatory work has commenced, and the improved website is expected to be completed by mid 2012.