The copper production plant of the Group is in Srednogorie region, Bulgaria. The plant was built in 1958 and it consists of four main production units: Smelter, Refinery, Acid plant and Flotation plant.
In April 2009 the official approval of the new name of the company Aurubis was received, after a year earlier the group Cumerio was acquired by Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (NA), after the approval of the European Commission at the beginning of the year.
Today the company employs 845 people. In 2015 the production of Aurubis Bulgaria was 350 000 t. anode copper, 230 000 t. cathode copper and 1 220 000 t. sulphuric acid. The company realizes 8% of the country’s exports to different markets including Turkey, Belgium, China, Singapore, and the imports are mainly by China, the Balkans, the Middle East. Currently the company is the largest user of the Bulgarian ports and rail transport over 2 million cargo shipments per year.
For the period from the company’s privatization in 1997 till the end of 2015, more than EUR 540 million has been invested for modernization of production and improvement of environmental efficiency, which has led to a number of awards, including “Investor in Environment Protection” (2015, Bulgarian Investment Agency).
As a part of the Partnership program for development in Srednogorie region, each year the company has made donations amounting to over BGN 600 000 to Municipalities of Pirdop and Zlatitsa for implementing a projects in education, sports initiatives, cultural events, development of young talented children, disabled people and healthcare.
In 2016, Aurubis is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the company’s founding (as Norddeutsche Affinerie on April 28, 1866) under the motto “150 Years of the Future”.
Today, Aurubis is the leading integrated copper group and the world’s largest copper recycler. We produce some 1 million t of copper cathodes each year and from them a variety of copper products. Production expertise is our strength and the driving force of our success.
Aurubis has more than 6,400 employees, production sites in Europe and the USA and an extensive service and sales system for copper products in Europe, Asia and North America.
Thanks to our wide range of services, we rank among the global leaders in our industry. Our core business is the production of marketable copper cathodes from copper concentrates, copper scrap and recycling raw materials. These are processed within the Group into continuous cast wire rod, shapes, rolled products and strip as well as specialty wire made of copper and copper alloys. Precious metals and a number of other products, such as sulfuric acid and iron silicate, round off our product portfolio.
Customers of Aurubis include companies in the copper semis industry, the electrical engineering, electronics and chemical industries as well as suppliers of the renewable energies, construction and automotive sectors.
Aurubis is oriented to growth and to increasing corporate value: the main focuses of our strategy are on expanding our leading market position as an integrated copper producer, utilizing growth opportunities and practicing a responsible attitude when dealing with people, resources and the environment.
Aurubis shares are part of the Prime Standard Segment of the Deutsche Börse and are listed in the MDA and the Global Challenges Index (GCX).