# Deutsche Giessdraht GmbH

Group: Aurubis  
Ownership path: Deutsche Giessdraht GmbH (company, LEI 529900OS09JTGON9MZ12) → [Aurubis AG](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/aurubis-ag.md) (corporate group, LEI 5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242)  
Country of seat: Germany  
Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/deutsche-giessdraht-gmbh

## Plants

### Emmerich – rod mill (Southwire SCR) (Emmerich am Rhein, Germany)

- Link: wire rod mill
- Status: operating
- Metals: copper
- CN: 7408 11
- Capacity: 240 kt/yr (Cu-ETP, ≈ Cu)
- Coordinates: 51.84, 6.24
- Source [B]: Aurubis AG, announcement “Aurubis acquires Codelco’s shares in Deutsche Giessdraht” (22.01.2018) – approx. 240,000 t of wire rod/yr – https://www.aurubis.com/dam/jcr:df5cf14a-f7aa-4467-b4bd-28e39e2317b4/012218_pr_deutschegiessdraht_en.pdf
- 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. 63 – https://annualreport2024-25.aurubis.com/fileadmin/static/pdf_en/Aurubis-AR-24-25-Management-Report.pdf
- Source [B]: Aurubis – Deutsche Giessdraht GmbH page, Emmerich am Rhein (Aurubis ROD and RheinROD copper wire rod) – https://www.aurubis.com/en/deutsche-giessdraht
- Source [A]: Aurubis AG, Annual Report 2023/24 (Combined Management Report – Economic Report, segmenty MMR i CSP; Glossary), p. 144 (list of wire rod plants) – https://www.aurubis.com/en/dam/jcr:85390d77-75bf-404b-9d84-1cbbac0bc867/Aurubis_Annual%20Report_FY%202023_24-2.2025-01-17-10-57-56.pdf
- Source [B]: Aurubis – DG plant page – https://aurubis.com/verantwortung/umwelt-energie-und-klima/umweltschutz-an-den-standorten/umweltschutz-am-standort-dg
- Note: 100% Aurubis since 31.07.2018 (previously 60/40 with Codelco). Plant output not published.
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08

## Products

- [Copper wire rod](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/products/cu-wire-rod.md) – Emmerich – rod mill (Southwire SCR) (Emmerich am Rhein)

## Scrap buyer

> A picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation.

- Emmerich – rod mill (Southwire SCR) (Emmerich am Rhein, Germany): smelter; Metal: copper; Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

[Scrap buyers in the Recycling tab](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/recycling.md)

## Material flows

- 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)
- [Copper Flows in Germany](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/copper-flows-germany.md)