Chloralkali Plant Reinvestment

In 1999 we announced the decision to build two new Chloralkali facilities to produce Caustic Soda, Chlorine and its derivatives with state of the art technology in Australia. This is a demonstration of our total commitment to the Chloralkali market, Australian industry and ultimately our customers.

This reinvestment phase is an exciting time for Orica and builds on our historically strong market base and expertise. The investment of $150 million will result in the building of two new plants to be located at Laverton in Melbourne and Botany in Sydney. These new plants will use Bipolar Membrane technology, delivering improved efficiency and reliability as well as world class safety, inline with Orica's Safety Health and Environment standards.

Work has commenced on both plants with Laverton scheduled to be operational by March 2001 and Botany by mid 2001.

As the Australian manufacturer of Caustic Soda, Chlorine and other Chloralkali products we will continue to offer a wide range of benefits to our customers including:

Stability through long term presence and commitment to the market.
Reliability of supply throughout Australia with three manufacturing plants in Melbourne, Sydney and Gladstone and multiply storage sites in each state.
Long term alliances with key global suppliers to supplement the market demand as required.
High quality products and services supported by ISO 9002 accreditation.
Wide range of Chloralkali products.
Technical support through representation of our technical personnel at customers sites, offering advice, assistance with technical queries and a safety audits of bulk storage installations.
Safety awareness training and engineering support.
Emergency Response Service - 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Technical product information and bulk storage guidelines.
Customer service Centre - 24 hours a day, availability of Sales and Operational personnel.
Ability to monitor and manage stocks for our customers through telemetry unit installation.

Orica ChlorAlkali, locally manufactured for Australian industry