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Aurubis Beerse (formerly Metallo Group)
Europe's primary secondary tin smelter; acquired by Aurubis AG from private equity in 2020 (previously known as Metallo Group / Metallo-Chimique). Processes ~350,000 MT/year of complex low-grade metallic and oxidic scrap; produces ~10,000 MT refined tin/year as a co-product alongside copper, lead, nickel oxide, and zinc oxide. Feedstock is nearly 100% secondary (scrap) — functions as the world's largest recycled tin producer. Located in Beerse, Antwerp province, Belgium.
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Aurubis Beerse Secondary Smelter →
BEBeerse, Antwerp Province · smelter
World's largest recycled tin producer; ~10,000 MT refined tin/year from ~350,000 MT/year scrap input. Nearly 100% secondary feedstock (<1% primary hardhead from other smelters). Co-products: copper, lead, nickel oxide, zinc oxide. Acquired by Aurubis AG from PE in 2020; was Metallo Group / Metallo-Chimique in prior references.
Aurubis Beerse Tin Refinery (Belgium) →
BEAntwerp Province · processing
Aurubis Beerse, Belgium; Europe's largest refined tin producer; 9,300 tonnes in 2023. Processes secondary tin and primary concentrates. Meets >99.95% float glass bath specification. Part of Aurubis AG — Europe's largest copper recycler. Primary European alternative to Chinese-refined tin for glass manufacturers seeking supply diversification. Source: https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/industrial-metals-investing/tin-investing/largest-producers-of-tin/
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Secondary Tin Smelting
30%Copper & Copper Alloys
40%Lead & Lead Alloys
15%Nickel Oxide & Other Byproducts
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Did you know2024
Aurubis Beerse (formerly Metallo Group, acquired by Aurubis AG in 2020) is the world's largest recycled tin producer at ~10,000 MT/year from ~350,000 MT of complex metallic and oxidic scrap. Its feedstock is nearly 100% secondary material — scrap from electronics, solders, and manufacturing waste. This makes Aurubis Beerse structurally insulated from primary mine supply shocks (Myanmar suspensions, Indonesian licensing crises) while simultaneously being Europe's only meaningful refined tin producer. As a co-product of copper and lead smelting, its tin output would continue even during a global mining disruption.
Tin Industry Association / ITRI Tin Code ↗Origin2023
Aurubis Beerse was originally founded as Metallo-Chimique in Beerse, Antwerp province in 1919 -- emerging from Belgium's chemical and metallurgical industrial traditions in the Kempen region. The Beerse area (also home to major pharmaceutical companies Janssen Pharmaceutica, founded by Paul Janssen in the 1950s) developed as a non-ferrous metal refining center using imported scrap from Western European industrial regions. Metallo-Chimique's secondary smelting model -- processing complex mixed metal scrap to recover multiple co-product metals simultaneously -- was innovative for its era. The Beerse plant's 350,000 MT/yr scrap processing capacity makes it the largest complex scrap recycler in Europe. Aurubis AG (Hamburg-based; Europe's largest copper producer) acquired Metallo Group from private equity in 2020, integrating Europe's primary secondary tin producer into a vertically integrated copper and precious metals recycling network. A 100-year-old Belgian secondary smelter is now Europe's insurance policy against primary tin mine disruptions -- its recycled tin flows into the float glass bath and electronics solder supply chains that mine supply constraints cannot easily serve.
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