Aurubis AG
At a glance
Aurubis AG – 9 companies in the register with 11 plants in 6 countries (most: Germany 5, Belgium 2, Bulgaria 1). Metals of the plants: copper, lead, tin, silver, PGM from catalysts. Main links of the chain: smelting and refining – 4 plants; processing – 4 plants. The parent company Aurubis AG has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person. Largest full capacity in a single stage: smelter (copper) – 450 kt Cu/rok, 1 operating plant (no ownership shares in plants).
The sentence is generated from the register data on every page view – the same numbers as in the blocks below, in .md and .json.
- Group identifier
5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242LEI of the parent company- Ultimate owner
- Aurubis AG (Germany) · LEI
5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242A GLEIF (CC0) – the parent company of the group has no higher parent in GLEIF Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person - Basis of membership
- GLEIF relationships · A GLEIF – Level 2 (relacje „kto jest właścicielem kogo”), rekord LEI 5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242 · Verified at source:
- Controlling country
- Germany (EU-27; GLEIF – ultimate parent) · Ownership control of plants – all groups by controlling country
- companies
- 9
- plants
- 11
- plant countries
- 6
- metals
- Ag Cu Pb PGM Sn
- Full capacity by metal and stage (full – shares in plants in the next stage)
- copper · smelter 450 kt Cu/rok
- copper · wire rod mill 240 kt/rok (Cu-ETP, ≈ Cu)
Value-chain coverage
Links from mine to recycling and end uses: which are covered by plants of the group companies and how many plants each link has; below the number – the most frequent stages.
- Raw materials no plants
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Smelting and refining
4 plants
- smelter 2
- non-ferrous scrap remelting 1
- refinery 1
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Processing
4 plants
- plates, sheet and strip 2
- wire rod mill 2
- Products no plants
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Recycling
3 plants
- recycling 3
- End uses no plants
Plants by country
Plants of the group companies in each country (all plant statuses).
| Country | Plants | % |
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| Germany | 5 | |
| Belgium | 2 | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | |
| Spain | 1 | |
| Finland | 1 | |
| Italy | 1 |
Flow analyses
“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.
- EU Copper Flow Analysis in the analysis: 10 plants, 9 companies
- Copper Flows in Germany in the analysis: 4 plants, 3 companies
- Copper Flows in Italy in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company
- Copper Flows in Spain in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company
- EU-27 Tin Flows in the analysis: 4 plants, 4 companies
Group structure
Group – companies – plants. A link marked “GLEIF · A” is a consolidation relationship from GLEIF; “register” – membership as recorded in company documents. Hovering a plant or company highlights its path and markers on the map.
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corporate group Aurubis AG 11 plants
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smelter · Cu Hamburg – huta, rafineria, walcownia Output 2024: 349 kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) Capacity: 450 kt Cu/rok operating A
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non-ferrous scrap remelting · Cu Pb Ag PGM Hamburg – huta miedzi z instalacją Complex Recycling Hamburg operating B
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recycling · Cu Lünen – recykling (KRS) i rafineria Output 2024: 156 kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) operating A
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recycling · Cu Sn Berango – recykling operating A
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recycling · Cu Sn Beerse – recykling materiałów złożonych Output 2024: 24 kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) operating A
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smelter · Cu Pirdop – huta i rafineria Output 2024: 229 kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) operating A
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plates, sheet and strip · Cu Sn Pori – walcownia wyrobów płaskich operating A
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wire rod mill · Cu Avellino – walcownia Output 2024: 140.6 kt walcówki operating B
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refinery · Cu Olen – rafineria, walcownia, UPCAST, pręty i profile Output 2024: 334 kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) operating A
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plates, sheet and strip · Cu Sn Stolberg – walcownia taśm operating A
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wire rod mill · Cu Emmerich – walcownia (Southwire SCR) Capacity: 240 kt/rok (Cu-ETP, ≈ Cu) operating A
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No plant matches.
Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants
Full capacity of the group companies’ plants – the sum of the capacity of operating plants, irrespective of the group’s share in the plant.
| Metal | Stage | Full capacity / Output | Unit | Plants in total |
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| copper | smelter | 450 capacity | kt Cu/rok | 1 |
| copper | wire rod mill | 240 capacity | kt/rok (Cu-ETP, ≈ Cu) | 1 |
| copper | smelter | 578 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) | 2 |
| copper | refinery | 334 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) | 1 |
| copper | wire rod mill | 140.6 output 2024 | kt walcówki | 1 |
| copper | recycling | 156 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) | 1 |
| copper + tin | recycling | 24 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody (FY 2023/24) | 1 |
Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.
Data quality
Where the card numbers come from: source class of each plant, verification at source and the basis of ownership relationships.
- Source class of plants
- A 9B 2C 0
- Plants verified at source
- 11 / 11 · verified 8.10.2026 – 8.10.2026
- Plant status
- operating: 11
- Ownership relationships of companies
- GLEIF relationship (class A): 7 of 9; group as recorded: 2 of 9; companies with an LEI: 8 of 9
- Basis of the group
- A GLEIF relationships · Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person
Similar groups
- ArcelorMittal 13 companies · 22 plants in common: copper, tin; smelting and refining, processing, recycling; Germany, Belgium, Spain
- Grupa Elemental 3 companies · 16 plants in common: copper, lead, tin, silver; smelting and refining, recycling
- Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. 4 companies · 5 plants in common: lead, silver; smelting and refining, processing; Germany, Belgium
- Glencore 4 companies · 5 plants in common: copper, lead, silver; smelting and refining; Germany, Spain, Italy
Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.
Citation
ai-waw.com, Companies – Corporate groups: Aurubis AG (5299005SHIN9ZK7GW242), Data as of 2026-10-18, version 2.22, https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/aurubis-ag
Versions for agents
The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.