Facility

Aurubis Hamburg Primary Smelter & Refinery

Operated by Aurubis AGDE · Hamburgprocessing

Europe's largest copper smelter and refinery, located on the Elbe island Peute, Hamburg. Site area 870,000 m². Produces ~400,000 tonnes per year of electrolytic copper cathode from both primary (concentrate) and secondary (copper scrap) feed. Tankhouse is one of the largest in the world (1,080 cells). Part of Aurubis AG's Hamburg Group headquarters. In 2023, Aurubis partnered with Metso to decarbonize the Hamburg smelter as part of its green copper strategy. Aurubis also in talks with US government for a new US copper smelter (announced 2025) as part of onshoring of copper refining.

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