Hamburg is home to Aurubis' biggest site. More than 2,000 employees produce cathodes, wire, continuous cast shapes, precious metals, and specialty products such as sulfuric acid and iron silicate stone. Today, the plant is one of the most modern and environmentally friendly copper smelters in the world.
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Owner: Aurubis
Start operations: 1866
Workforce: 2000
Raw materials: concentrates, blister, scrap
Copper production: 450 ktpa
Products: copper cathode, wire rod, shapes, precious metals, sulfuric acid, iron silicate
Operations: Outokumpu flash smelter, contimelt
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Recipient of The Copper Mark
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Media
- Jul-26: Strengthening Europe’s raw materials security: Aurubis inaugurates globally one-of-a-kind recycling plant for strategic metals (checked 3-Jul-26)
- Aug-25: Waste from Copper Plant Is Heating a German Waterfront Without Emitting CO2 (checked 12-Aug-25)
- Dec-23: Aurubis to invest € 330 million in precious metals processing and environmental protection at the Hamburg site, expanding project pipeline to € 750 million (checked 13-Jun-25)
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Created: Jun-25; updated Aug-25, Jul-26