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Orica is a global leader in the supply of commercial explosives and blasting systems, serving the mining and infrastructure sectors. The company is renowned for its ground support solutions in mining and tunnelling, as well as being a top supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction. Orica's extensive product range and innovative technologies position it as a key player in the materials industry.

Short position

short percentage0.16%
reported shorts751.4K
shares on issue463.543M

Orica (ASX:ORI) has 0.16% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 751,363 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has fallen 0.41 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 17.23% in August 2015. ORI is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Price & short interest

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Orica (ORI) News

Latest articles and price-sensitive announcements with AI sentiment classification.

Kalkine
Positive
1d ago

Will Orica (ASX:ORI) Dividends Gain From US Acquisitions?

Highlights An unfranked interim payout rose as earnings and returns improved North American explosives and mining chemicals deals widen the earnings base A cost program and resumed dividend plan reshape capital management Orica (ASX:ORI), the Melbourne-based maker of commercial explosives and blasting services for mining, quarrying and construction customers, is working through a string of North American acquisitions that market participants hope will lift the unfranked dividend it started ra...

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Kalkine
Positive
1 Oct

Has Orica (ASX:ORI) Solved Its North American Supply Problem?

Highlights Orica secured ammonium nitrate supply for its North American customers for the next financial year. Higher sourcing costs are expected to be offset by logistics, cost cuts and customer arrangements. The planned Deer Park land contract exchange has been pushed back amid changed market conditions. Orica (ASX:ORI) told the market this week that it has secured ammonium nitrate supply for North American customers for the coming financial year, easing a key operating uncertainty for the ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
28 Sept

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) Chart Reacting To Its US Supply Update?

Highlights The explosives and blasting services group updated the market on secured North American supply for next financial year and on surplus land sales. The stock's longer-term chart has been defined by a rising trend since last year's lows, with pullbacks meeting demand near the moving averages. The update arrives as the wider market trades near its weakest level since June, putting the stock's recent consolidation zone in focus. Orica (ASX:ORI) opened the week with an update confirming ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
28 Sept

What could Orica (ASX:ORI) mean for Energy Stocks?

Highlights Orica has secured ammonium nitrate supply arrangements for its North American customer contracts for FY2027. Additional supply is expected from US producers and the Carseland facility in Canada, supporting supply diversification. The timing of a proposed Deer Park land sale has moved beyond FY2026 as market conditions have changed. Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) has provided an operational update covering North American ammonium nitrate supply and the proposed sale of surplus land in...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 Sept

Are Orica Shares Pausing as Its Financial Year Closes (ASX:ORI)?

Highlights Orica's financial year ends next week, closing a period in which the explosives maker posted record first-half earnings. The shares have eased this month, including a sharp fall earlier in September, and remain lower for the calendar year. Management has guided to full-year earnings growth across all segments and regions, barring major new external disruptions. Orica (ASX:ORI) is heading into the final days of its financial year, which closes at the end of next week, with its share...

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Kalkine
Neutral
21 Sept

Orica (ASX:ORI): Fresh Rating Puts ASX 200 Stock in Focus

Highlights Orica has recovered strongly from its yearly lows as its mining-focused operations remain in focus across the Australian market. Concerns around North American ammonium nitrate supply are being weighed against stronger conditions in sodium cyanide. Improved sodium cyanide pricing and plant utilisation are emerging as important themes for Oricas chemicals business. The Australian share market continues to keep a close watch on major resource and industrial businesses as global ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
14 Sept

Can mining-services demand keep supporting Orica’s (ASX:ORI) outlook?

Highlights Oricas latest market update highlighted demand across mining services and technology. How service volumes and digital capability support a diversified mining exposure. Read alongside Oricas existing operating narrative, the disclosure refines rather than replaces what the market already knew. According to the latest release from Orica (ASX:ORI), a member of the [ASX 200], oricas latest market update highlighted demand across mining services and technology. Nothing beyond that state...

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Kalkine
Neutral
11 Sept

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) Steady as Resources Momentum Cools?

Highlights Blasting volumes follow mine plans rather than the spot price of the metal being produced. Full ownership of a United States venture tightens the group's North American structure. A cooling resources trade tests the market's appetite for mining services earnings. Orica (ASX:ORI) went into Friday's session with a demand story that has very little to do with the day's headlines, even as futures pointed the local benchmark toward another weak start. The explosives and blasting systems...

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Kalkine
Positive
18 Aug

Orica (ASX:ORI) Hits Record Efficiency Despite Margin Squeeze

Highlights Orica delivered record return on net assets even as a margin squeeze tested the strength of its underlying earnings narrative. Statutory profit was dragged down by substantial litigation and restructuring costs despite solid growth in underlying earnings. The explosives and mining services group maintains one of the longer continuous dividend-paying streaks among industrial names on the exchange. Orica (ASX:ORI) delivered a result showing underlying earnings growth and a record ret...

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Kalkine
Neutral
10 Aug

Why Is Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) Drawing Market Attention?

Highlights Strategic positioning responds to sector transition dynamics Management pursues sustained value creation across market cycles Diversified approach supports stakeholder confidence and stability Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) continues demonstrating adaptive capacity within evolving industrial markets. Company management initiatives reflect sophisticated understanding of market dynamics and commitment to long-term value creation. Strategic announcements underscore positioning within transfo...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 July

Why Is Orica (ASX:ORI) Suddenly at the Centre of the Value-Stock Debate?

Highlights Orica frames the value stocks conversation as a cautious tape is making earnings quality more important than headline cheapness. Aurizon adds a second ASX reference point as traders compare cashflow, pricing power and repair in de-rated large names. Mining services resilience keeps the article focused on fresh market signals without drifting into directive language. Australia's share market is moving through a selective session, and Aurizon (ASX:AZJ) gives value stocks readers a li...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 July

Why Does Orica (ASX:ORI) Keep Returning to the ASX Spotlight?

Highlights Orica frames the midcap stocks conversation as mid-sized companies are being measured against a reporting season that may reward cleaner delivery. Sandfire adds a second ASX reference point as traders compare execution, balance-sheet quality and sector leadership below the mega caps. Mining services leverage keeps the article focused on fresh market signals without drifting into directive language. Australia's share market is moving through a selective session, and Sandfire Resourc...

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Kalkine
Neutral
22 July

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) A Hard Asset Value Gauge?

Highlights Value Stocks remain in focus as resource-service pricing meets a selective Australian market Orica is being judged through value stocks execution quality rather than market noise Fresh ASX themes point to proof, discipline and cleaner earnings narratives The approach to reporting season has sharpened the distinction between low valuation optics and companies that can defend margins while costs stay sticky. Orica (ASX:ORI), the explosives and mining technology group, gives the [ASX 2...

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Kalkine
Neutral
13 July

Can ORI Prove Its Strength as Value Stocks Face a New Test?

Highlights Orica is drawing attention as industrial cash flow becomes a key test of business quality. Pricing discipline, operating reliability and demand from resource activity remain central to the company narrative. The selective ASX environment is placing greater emphasis on execution across Value Stocks. Orica is drawing value attention as industrial cash flow, pricing discipline, resource demand and operating reliability become cen...

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Kalkine
Neutral
9 July

Why Is ORI Suddenly Back On Value Stock Watchlists?

Highlights Orica is being viewed through industrial demand as the ASX mood turns more selective. Margin repair remains central as mining services names face a sharper evidence test. Value-focused market stories are being judged on cash flow, resilience and execution quality. Orica’s value reset is being shaped by industrial demand, margin repair and mining capex as Australian market sentiment turns selective across resources-linked compan...

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Kalkine
Neutral
2 July

Why Is Orica (ASX:ORI) Putting Industrial Stocks Back In Focus?

Highlights Mining services are helping industrial stocks regain attention as the ASX enters a more selective phase. Orica (ASX:ORI) and Cleanaway Waste Management (ASX:CWY) highlight how execution is outweighing broad sector themes. Resource activity, operational discipline and contract quality are emerging as key market filters. ASX industrial stocks are gaining attention as mining services, logistics and operational...

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Kalkine
Neutral
2 July

Orica (ASX:ORI): Green Hydrogen Project Strengthens Long-Term Sustainability Strategy

Highlights Orica has approved a commercial-scale green hydrogen facility to support lower-emission manufacturing operations. The Hunter Valley project is expected to reduce natural gas usage and lower operational carbon emissions. Sustainability investment, capital management and operational execution remain central to Orica's long-term strategy. Orica Ltd (ASX:ORI) has strengthened its long-term sustainability strategy following approval of a commercial-scale...

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