Facility

Atlantic Copper Smelter (Huelva, Spain)

Largest copper smelter in Europe by concentrate throughput; fully owned by Freeport-McMoRan via its Atlantic Copper subsidiary. Located in Huelva, on the Rio Tinto estuary in Andalusia — the same region where the ancient Phoenicians and Romans mined copper from Rio Tinto (literally 'Red River') deposits 2,500 years ago. Processes ~1.2 million tonnes of copper concentrate per year, producing ~315,000 tonnes of cathode annually. Primarily processes Freeport's own North American and Indonesian concentrate, with some third-party concentrate. Produces sulfuric acid (sold to Spanish fertilizer manufacturers and Moroccan phosphate processors) and precious metal byproducts. Source: https://www.atlanticcopper.com/en/smelter-and-refinery