Overview
Aurubis is a copper-focused non-ferrous metals producer and recycler. It processes mined concentrates and recycling materials into copper products such as cathodes, wire rod, cast shapes and strip, as well as other metals and by-products. Its stated purpose is to responsibly transform raw materials into metals for an innovative and sustainable world.[1][2][3]
The company operates production and sales sites in more than 20 countries across three continents. In FY 2024/25, the year ended September 30, 2025, Aurubis reported revenue of €18.171 billion and an average workforce of 7,070 employees.[4][5][6][7] [1][2][3][6][7][4][5]
Products & services
Aurubis’ copper products include copper cathodes, wire rod, shapes, bars and profiles, flat-rolled products, and specialty wire. Cathodes are a first marketable copper product and contain 99.99% copper [8]. Wire rod is a continuous-cast, rolled semifinished product; its range includes oxygen-bearing ROD/RheinROD and oxygen-free FOXROD, including low-alloy options tailored to customer requirements [9][10][11]. Shapes include oxygen-containing and oxygen-free copper, high-purity and low-alloy materials such as CuCrZr, and can be used as starting material for strip, foil, plates, pipes and profiles [12]. The broader range also includes industrial and architectural rolled products, connector strip, sheet, plate and circles, as well as bars and profiles [13][14].
The product portfolio also includes gold, silver, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, minor metals and platinum-group metals; listed products include gold and silver in granule or bar form, tin ingots, refined lead, and tellurium metal and dioxide [15][16][17]. Other products include sulfuric acid and iron silicate, which is used in construction applications such as cement and concrete, hydraulic works and track construction [18][19]. Aurubis processes copper concentrates and recycling materials into copper, precious metals and other products, and accepts recycling-material inquiries to prepare tailored offers [20][21]. In the six months ended 31 March 2026, reported group third-party revenue was €11,320 million; calculated product-group shares were wire rod 32.9%, precious metals 31.1%, copper cathodes 22.0%, strip/bars/profiles 4.0%, shapes 3.8%, sulfuric acid 0.7% and other 5.4% [22]. [8][9][20][22][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][21]
Geographic presence
Aurubis’s FY 2024/25 production footprint is concentrated in Europe, with major production centers in Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria and Spain. Its listed operating locations include Hamburg and Lünen in Germany; Beerse and Olen in Belgium; Pirdop in Bulgaria; Berango in Spain; and additional processing or production sites in Avellino, Pori, Emmerich, Röthenbach and Stolberg. Hamburg is both the company’s headquarters and a primary smelter site. The Richmond, Virginia, recycling plant began gradual commissioning in September 2025. Buffalo is not a current site; Aurubis sold it effective August 2024.[23][24]
Europe is Aurubis’s most relevant market, and the company says it primarily supplies the European market with wire rod; it also maintains a global sales and service network. The FY 2024/25 report does not provide revenue by country or region, or geographic revenue percentages.[25][26][23]
Aurubis reports production and sales sites in more than 20 countries across three continents. Its commercial presence includes locations such as Västerås and Istanbul, as well as Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Dubai; these should be distinguished from production facilities. At September 30, 2025, the Group employed 7,190 people: 57% at German sites and 43% outside Germany. The largest country totals were Germany (4,207), Belgium (1,216), Bulgaria (1,021), Finland (329), the U.S. (221), Spain (104) and Italy (90).[27][28] [23][24][25][26][27][28]
Business segments
Aurubis reports two operating segments: **Multimetal Recycling (MMR)** and **Custom Smelting & Products (CSP)**, a structure it has used since fiscal 2021/22 [29]. MMR processes copper scrap, metal-bearing organic and inorganic recycling materials, and industrial residues. Its reported activities include recycling sites in Germany, Belgium and Spain, as well as the Aurubis Richmond secondary smelter in the United States; outputs include copper cathodes, other metals and synthetic minerals [30][24]. CSP processes copper concentrates and makes and markets standard and specialty products, including cathodes, wire rod, continuous-cast shapes, strip and specialty wire products, as well as sulfuric acid, iron silicate and precious metals [31].
By operating EBT, CSP accounted for approximately **80%** and MMR approximately **20%** of the two segments’ combined operating EBT for the first nine months of fiscal 2025/26 (through June 30, 2026): €355 million and €87 million, respectively. These are shares of combined segment EBT, not revenue or consolidated group EBT [32]. For context, in fiscal 2024/25 CSP reported operating EBT of €446 million and MMR reported a loss of €13 million, so a positive percentage split is not meaningful for that year [33][34]. [29][30][24][31][33][34][32]
Company history
Aurubis traces its origins to Norddeutsche Affinerie, entered in Hamburg’s Commercial Register on April 28, 1866. A major early technical milestone followed in 1876, when Dr. Emil Wohlwill developed a continuous copper-electrolysis process. The company began building its Peute plant in Hamburg in 1908; in 1999 it acquired Hüttenwerke Kayser in Lünen, expanding its recycling operations.[35]
A major step in the company’s international expansion came with the 2008 acquisition of Belgian copper producer Cumerio. Norddeutsche Affinerie adopted the name Aurubis effective April 1, 2009. In 2011 it acquired Luvata’s Rolled Products Division, broadening its downstream copper-products business.[35][36]
Aurubis further expanded its recycling activities by completing its acquisition of Metallo in 2020. In 2025, its Richmond, Georgia, facility began production ramp-up after its first melt, marking the start of operations at the company’s first U.S. multimetal recycling plant.[37][38] [35][36][37][38][35][36][37][38]
Sources
- AURUBIS — Full financial report (2025 Y)
- www.aurubis.com[4]
- annualreport2024-25.aurubis.com[5]
- AURUBIS — Full financial report (2026 H 1)
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