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ASIC concerns make Orica cough up more Botany remediation money

MULTINATIONAL explosives and initiation systems provider Orica has heeded the concerns of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the environmental provision covering likely remediation costs at the Botany Industrial Park in Sydney might not be adequate, and upped the amount by $114.7 million.

An inspection of barrels of toxic waste HCB that is currently stored in containers by Orica

An inspection of barrels of toxic waste HCB that is currently stored in containers by Orica

Orica has operated a chemical manufacturing facility at the Botany Industrial Park site since 1942, however, poor environmental management and waste disposal practices up to the 1980s have left a number...

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