Recycling

Our Copper for your Life

 Facts & Figures
Recycling
For 10,000 years • mankind has been using copper. Copper originating from
that time is still in circulation today because copper can be
recycled as often as required without loss of quality.

For 150 years • Aurubis has been involved in metal recycling. That makes
us experts in this field.

650,000 t • of the most varied recycling raw materials are processed

each year into end products in the Group.

99.99 % • copper content in our high-purity copper cathodes.

60 • countries are the source of our recycling raw materials.

International excellence in
copper recycling
Metals are the prerequisites Founded as a stock corpora- Aurubis stands for innovative
for technical progress and a tion in 1866, Aurubis has since prowess, the leading edge in
high standard of living. The in- positioned itself optimally technology, exemplary envi-
creasing demand worldwide is in the market. The Group is ronmental protection, custom-
confronted by limited resourc- meanwhile the leading cop- er value and profitability.
es, however. Metal recycling is per producer in Europe and
therefore an important source the largest copper recycler
of raw materials – especially worldwide. With about 6,400
for countries like Germany employees at production sites
with few natural resources. in Europe and the USA as well
Recycling thus makes an im- as sales offices around the
portant contribution to supply world, the Aurubis Group is
security, sustainability and to one of the leading integrated
conserving resources. copper groups.
Aurubis strives to maintain re- We are a global leader in cop-
sources for future generations. per recycling.
We therefore use environmen-
tally sound state-of-the-art
technologies in recycling.

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 Emmerich (Germany)

Fehrbellin (Germany)

Hamburg (Germany)
Group headquarters
Chicago (USA)

Buffalo (USA) Avellino (Italy)

Lünen (Germany)
Mortara (Italy) Recycling Center

Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland)
Röthenbach (Germany)

Lyon (France)
Stolberg (Germany)
Madrid (Spain)

Strass (Germany)

Raw

Copper materials
Concentrates and
Copper scrap

recycling
recycling materials
are the raw
materials from Industrial
which copper is residues
produced.

at Aurubis Concentrates Direct melt Electronic scrap

 Pori (Finland)

Västerås (Sweden) Seoul (Korea)

Finspång (Sweden) Tokyo (Japan)

Shanghai (China)
St. Petersburg (Russia)

Dolný Kubín (Slowakei) Hongkong (China)

Zutphen (Netherlands)
Taipeh (Taiwan)
Pirdop (Bulgaria)

Brussels (Belgium)
Istanbul (Turkey)
Olen (Belgium)
Bangkok (Thailand)

Birmingham (United Kingdom) Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

Singapore (Singapore)

Sales and
Products Slitting Centers distribution
Cathodes Continuous Wire rod
The copper is pro- cast shapes Service Centers An international
cessed into products. located near sales and
Some products are our customers distribution
already the result of cut strips to network
copper production. Strips/ Specialty rod/ Precious the desired markets our
foils profiles, metals dimensions. products.
shaped wire

Other Sulfuric Iron silicate

metals acid
 Our contribution to
sustainability
The careful handling of resources is a matter of course at Aurubis. Metals
which are contained in process residues of the non-ferrous metal industry, in
waste or in used products become high-grade raw materials again at Aurubis.

In the Group’s recycling center in Lünen, we treat an extensive range of

complex recycling materials of various qualities and compositions, e.g.,
metal-bearing industrial residues, copper-bearing shredder materials and
electrical and electronic scrap.

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4 SUSTAINABILITY
 The subsidiaries CABLO
Metall-Recycling und Handel
GmbH and E.R.N. Elektro-
Recycling NORD GmbH, which
are active as specialized waste
management companies in
different market segments, are
also part of the Recycling
business unit.
metals at the Hamburg, Pirdop
and Olen sites. The production CABLO with processing opera-
of cathode copper in Hamburg tions in Fehrbellin and Strass
and Pirdop is primarily based is specialized in metal/plastic
on copper concentrate pro- separation, in particular in
cessing. the recycling of cable produc-
Our recycling facilities set tion waste and cable scrap.
benchmarks worldwide as High-quality metal granules
regards technology and envi- are produced from the cable
ronmental protection. Thanks in accordance with customer
to constant capital investment specifications. The services
to improve technologies and provided by CABLO close the
Sustainability environmental protection, material cycles completely and
and organization demand for primary energy long-term. The cable industry
About a third of the copper has been reduced by 25 % and is supplied with the extracted
produced in the Aurubis Group CO2 emissions have decreased raw materials in a usable form
is sourced from recycling by 13 % per ton of raw material such as copper cathodes,
materials. The production of input from 2005 to 2011 with a copper wire rod or conductive
cathode copper in Lünen is 40 % increase in the through- aluminum.
based totally on recycling raw put of recycling raw materials.
materials. The Kayser Recy- E.R.N. in Hamburg is a service
cling System (KRS) consists of The production processes and center in the dismantling, recy-
the most modern and environ- methods as well as the servic- cling and disposal of electric
mentally friendly facilities for es are certified in accordance and electronic appliances. In
melting and enriching non- with DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN addition, it supports its cus-
ferrous and precious metals. EN ISO 14001. tomers in collecting individual
A wide range of recycling raw Furthermore, Aurubis has been appliances or components and
materials is processed here in intensively involved in imple- in dismantling and transport-
an environmentally compat- menting and establishing the ing plants. E.R.N. also assists
ible manner and the recyclable REACH directive from the very small and medium-sized recy-
fractions are returned to the beginning. clers by purchasing small units
economic cycle. We therefore make an impor- of dismantling fractions and
tant contribution to protecting combines these into smelter-
Recycling raw materials are the natural fundamentals of compatible delivery quantities.
also processed to produce life for future generations.
cathode copper and precious

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 Recycling –
a never-ending cycle

Marketable cathode copper, which is no different in quality from copper made from
primary raw materials, is produced from the various recycling raw materials after the
refining process in the tankhouse. However, Aurubis Recycling achieves even more.
As part of multi-metal recycling, precious metals, nickel, tin, lead, zinc products and
iron silicate products are also produced from the – in some cases – very complex
feed materials. Aurubis uses the properties of copper and other metals to ensure
recycling without quality loss.

6 RAW MATERIALS
Your waste – »» Electronic scrap, e.g., »» Tin/lead-bearing recycling
our raw materials printed circuit boards and raw materials
As the market leader in copper components »» Lead scrap
recycling, we have a strong »» Electric scrap »» Copper/iron materials
market presence. Aurubis pro- »» Other precious metal- »» Copper-bearing residues
cures raw materials worldwide bearing materials (slag, dross, ash, dust, other
from more than 60 countries; »» Copper and aluminum cable slimes)
nevertheless, the main source scrap »» Metal hydroxide slimes,
is Europe. »» Copper/lead granules foundry sands, catalysts

The following recycling raw

materials are bought and
processed as part of Aurubis’
multi-metal recycling:

»» Bright wire scrap

»» Copper granules
»» Copper scrap
»» Remelted copper ingots
»» Gunmetal scrap
»» Brass scrap
»» Aluminum bronze scrap
»» Copper/brass radiators
»» Non-ferrous metal shredder

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 Well positioned
in all sectors
The Aurubis sites are kept supplied with recycling raw materials
centrally by the raw material procurement sector in Lünen and
are divided into Metal Scrap Recycling, Electronic Scrap Recy-
cling and Industrial Recycling.

In addition, special materials with high precious metal contents

and other recycling raw materials are procured in Hamburg for
processing in on-site facilities.

The Metal Scrap Recycling recycling companies. Busi-

sector ensures that the ness partners in the Indus-
Aurubis production sites are trial Recycling sector include
well supplied with copper companies in the automotive
scrap and copper alloy scrap supplier industry, the chemi-
in the daily spot business. Our cal industry and the waste
Electronic Scrap Recycling disposal industry as well as
offers all-around solutions for companies from the respec-
recycling electric and elec- tive value-added stages. This
tronic end-of-life appliances sector continues to market the
and for many fractions from high-quality by-products from
the output of electronic scrap recycling.

8 SECTORS
Metal scrap
We procure recycling materi- our core markets of the United
als in the form of copper scrap Kingdom, Italy, Spain, North
and copper alloy scrap in local, America and the CIS countries.
national and international mar-
kets. By sourcing supplies from
some 60 countries worldwide,
we have considerable market
exposure. The supply of recy-
cling raw materials from the
trade is supported by a wide
network of buying agents in

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 Electronic scrap
A valuable business – Recycling electronic appli-
special requirements ances is very demanding on
for sampling account of the complex appli-
Electric and electronic appli- ance and material structures.
ances are used by more and Aurubis is your competent
more people worldwide while partner for this, with modern,
the useful life of high-quality environmentally safe plant
products in particular is be- technology and extensive
coming appreciably shorter. experience in electrical and
Since 2006 producers and dis- electronic scrap recycling.
tributors of electric and elec-
tronic appliances in Europe Our range of services stretch-
have been obliged to take back es from mechanical material
end-of-life appliances from the preparation to material-
consumer and to recycle them specific sampling and analysis
in an environmentally sound to conversion into raw materi-
manner. als in line with market trends.

10 SECTORS
Industrial
residues
Modern processing facilities are used both for direct metal
in the Aurubis Group enable extraction and as auxiliaries
the input of industrial residues and supplies in our production
and waste that would for- processes.
merly have found their way to At the same time, no
landfills. Complex materials production-related waste
can be recycled thanks to the arises in the Aurubis recycling
numerous processing options. plants. The charged materials
The range of the processed are almost totally recycled in
recycling raw materials varies an environmentally friendly
from classic residues from in- process.
dustrial collection points along
the copper value-added chain
to metal-bearing waste from
different industrial sectors,
such as the chemical industry.
The individual raw materials

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 Delivery by truck: residues,
electronic scrap, copper scrap

Sampling

Material preparation

Kayser Recycling System

Smelting furnace

TBRC*

Anode furnace

* Top Blown Rotary Converter

Tankhouse
Recycling
process Cathode Precious metal
recovery
Copper products

Sampling and pretreatment of recycling materials

Alloy scrap in the form of chips Electrical and electronic Residues, ashes, slags,
and pieces, metal bars, CuFe ma- scrap, printed circuit slimes, dusts, industrial
terials, shredder, scrap, granules boards, components, also residues, etc.
in shreddered form, etc.
Sampling Mixing, reducing, sawing, drilling, Multi-stage crushing and Crushing and grinding,
processes melting dividing to <1 mm, mixing, reducing, pipette,
pulverizing and smelting mixing and separating,
melting, pulverizing
Analytics Appliance analytics, Wet chemistry Appliance analytics,
wet chemistry, evaluation wet chemistry
Pretreatment Mixing, crushing Crushing until furnace- Mixing, agglomerating
compatible, mixing,
agglomerating, separating
Fe, Al, plastics
Feed KRS, anode furnace KRS, converter KRS, electric furnace

12 PRODUCTION
At a glance
Aurubis services in the recycling sector
Aurubis attributes particular importance to providing top
service. As a leading company in metal recycling, we offer
tailor-made service packages: individual contracts, correct
value determination and environmentally friendly processing.

We offer:
»» Competitive prices and environmental protection proval procedures: drafting
terms within the context of and occupational safety recycling certificates and
pricing agreements custom- standards notifications in the event of
ary in the industry »» Complete destruction of transboundary movement
»» Advice on all aspects of components or products to of waste
metallurgical recycling avoid reuse and to protect »» Completion of customs
»» Professional sampling and know-how clearance in international
assaying as the basis of pre- »» Logistics offers with se- trade at our works
cise material evaluation lected partners, from single »» Up-to-date market informa-
»» Complete processing of all deliveries to site-related tion
recycling raw materials in complete disposal
state-of-the-art facilities »» Preparation and processing
adhering to the highest of mandatory disposal ap-

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 Your contacts:

Aurubis AG Cablo Metall-Recycling

Recycling Center und Handel GmbH
Kupferstrasse 23 Flugplatzstrasse 1-2
D-44532 Lünen D-16833 Fehrbellin
+49 2306 108-0 +49 33932 619-0
[email protected]
E.R.N. Elektro-Recycling
Aurubis AG NORD GmbH
Hovestrasse 50 Peutestrasse 21-23
D-20539 Hamburg D-20539 Hamburg
+49 40 7883-2211 +49 40 780478-0

Aurubis Bulgaria AD
Industrial Zone
BG-2070 Pirdop
+35 9887 9866 69

You can find additional information about Aurubis Recycling at:

www.aurubis.com/en/our-business/raw-materials/recycling

14 Service
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Status: February 2013

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