# Sandfire Resources

Group identifier: 213800ZW52P23FVH1V47 (LEI of the parent company)  
Ultimate owner: Sandfire Resources (LEI 213800ZW52P23FVH1V47, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person  
Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (relacje „kto jest właścicielem kogo”), rekord LEI 213800ZW52P23FVH1V47 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800ZW52P23FVH1V47  
Data as of: 2026-10-19, version 2.23  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/sandfire-resources

## At a glance

Sandfire Resources – 1 company in the register with 3 plants in 1 country (most: Spain 3). Metals of the plants: copper, zinc, lead. Main links of the chain: raw materials – 3 plants. The parent company Sandfire Resources has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person.

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 3 | mine and concentrator 3 |
| Smelting and refining | 0 | – |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Spain | 3 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

No capacity of operating single-metal plants with a unit.

## Group structure

- **Sandfire Resources** (corporate group; 213800ZW52P23FVH1V47)
  - [Minas de Aguas Teñidas S.A.U. (MATSA)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/minas-de-aguas-tenidas-s-a-u-matsa.md) (company; Spain; LEI 549300GYJ7IH7BGPGQ85; Business register A81336877; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - Aguas Teñidas, Magdalena, Sotiel (Almonaster la Real, Spain) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 55.1 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
    - Mina Magdalena – kopalnia Magdalena (Mina Magdalena, Spain) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; class B
    - Sotiel Coronada – kopalnia Sotiel (Sotiel Coronada, Spain) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; class B

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

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.

| Metal | Stage | capacity / output | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| copper + lead + zinc | mine and concentrator | 55.1 (output 2024) | kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) | 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](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company
- [Copper Flows in Spain](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/copper-flows-spain.md) – in the analysis: 3 plants, 1 company
- [EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company

## Similar groups

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.

- [DPM Metals](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/dpm-metals.md) – in common: copper, zinc, lead; raw materials
- [Atalaya Mining PLC](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/atalaya-mining-plc.md) – in common: copper; raw materials; Spain
- [Orvana Minerals](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/orvana-minerals.md) – in common: copper; raw materials; Spain
- [Finnish Minerals Group Oy](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/finnish-minerals-group-oy.md) – in common: copper, zinc; raw materials

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 1, B 2, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 3 / 3 (2026-10-06 – 2026-10-08)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 1 of 1; group as recorded: 0 of 1; companies with an LEI: 1 of 1
- Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person

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.