# Aurubis Bulgaria AD

Group: Aurubis  
Ownership path: Aurubis Bulgaria AD (company, LEI 529900MEKETDNUWDQM90) → [Aurubis AG](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/aurubis-ag.md) (corporate group, LEI 5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242)  
Country of seat: Bulgaria  
Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/aurubis-bulgaria-ad

## Plants

### Pirdop – smelter and refinery (Pirdop, Bulgaria)

- Link: smelter
- Status: operating
- Metals: copper
- CN: 7402, 7403 11
- Output 2024: 229 kt Cu – cathodes (FY 2023/24)
- Coordinates: 42.7, 24.18
- Source [A]: Aurubis AG, Annual Report 2024/25 – Combined Management Report (druk. s. 62–63 surowce i segmenty; s. 65–66 Pirdop; s. 86–87 MMR; s. 89–91 CSP), s. 62, 65–66 (rozbudowa elektrolizerni do 340 kt), 87, 89 – https://annualreport2024-25.aurubis.com/fileadmin/static/pdf_en/Aurubis-AR-24-25-Management-Report.pdf
- Source [B]: Aurubis AG, komunikat „Expanding capacity: Aurubis invests €120 million in expanding the tankhouse in Pirdop” (16.02.2023) – https://www.aurubis.com/en/media/press-releases/press-releases-2023/expanding-capacity-aurubis-invests-120-million-euros-in-expanding-the-tankhouse-in-pirdop
- Source [B]: Aurubis AG, Company Release FY 2024/25, s. 3 – production figures (FY 2024/25 i 2023/24), s. 3 – https://www.aurubis.com/en/dam/jcr:d9520ffc-c965-47af-8fdc-e2901576d08d/Aurubis_Company%20Release_FY%202024_25.pdf
- Note: Until the electrolysis plant is expanded, part of the anodes is refined outside Pirdop (see flows).
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08

## Scrap buyer

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- Pirdop – smelter and refinery (Pirdop, Bulgaria): smelter; Metal: copper; Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

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## Technology suppliers

- Metso Finland Oy → [Pirdop – smelter and refinery (Aurubis Bulgaria AD, Pirdop)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/aurubis-bulgaria-ad#bg-aurubis-pirdop): flash smelting furnace – New cooling elements and advisory services for the flash smelting furnace rebuild at the Aurubis Bulgaria copper smelter in Pirdop. (2024); ordered; Source [B] Komunikat prasowy Metso z 12.02.2024 o przebudowie pieca zawiesinowego Aurubis Bulgaria (metso.com) – https://www.metso.com/corporate/media/news/2024/2/metso-to-deliver-cooling-solution-for-aurubis-bulgaria-flash-smelting-furnace-rebuild/

## Material flows

- Cu concentrate: Asarel, Ellatzite → Pirdop – smelter and refinery
- Cu anodes: Pirdop – smelter and refinery → Olen – refinery, rolling mill, UPCAST, bars and profiles, Hamburg – smelter, refinery, rolling mill, Lünen – recycling (KRS) and refinery – 97.8 kt Cu (estimate: BGS BG smelters 326.8 kt − Pirdop cathodes 229 kt) (2024)
- Cu cathodes → wire rod and shapes: Hamburg – smelter, refinery, rolling mill, Pirdop – smelter and refinery, Olen – refinery, rolling mill, UPCAST, bars and profiles, Lünen – recycling (KRS) and refinery, Beerse – recycling of complex materials → Hamburg – smelter, refinery, rolling mill, Olen – refinery, rolling mill, UPCAST, bars and profiles, Emmerich – rod mill (Southwire SCR), Avellino – rolling mill – 880 kt wire rod (group, FY 2023/24) (FY 2023/24)

## Metal flow analyses

- [EU Copper Flow Analysis](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md)