EQS News: Aurubis AG: Aurubis launches innovative ASPA recycling facility in Belgium

Aurubis launches innovative ASPA recycling facility in Belgium

• Advanced sludge processing by Aurubis (ASPA): Safe cleaning and recycling efforts
• Faster Extraction of Zinc and Precious Metals from Anodenschlämmen, een wertvollen Zwischenprodukt
• 33 million. Euro-Investition offers 20 additional jobs

Beerse, September 4, 2024 – Today, multimetall producer Aurubis has taken over the recycling facility ASPA at the location Beerse (Belgium). “The new, modern and complete proprietary hydrometallurgical process from ASPA is a new showpiece for the innovative strengths of Aurubis. We are going to pioneer sustainable metal recovery and recycling activities at a new level”, says COO Multimetall Recycling Inge Hofkens.

Versatile efficiency in metal recycling

The ASPA-Anlage verarbeitet Anodenschlämme, een wertvolles Zwischenprodukt from the Kupferelektrolyse von the Aurubis-Recycling-Standorten in Beerse und Lünen (Deutschland). The new process offers two useful benefits: With the new paintwork, more precious metal could also be brought into use in the time of the Anodenschlamm.

With this investment of 33 million. Euro setzt das Unternehmen een Zeichen voor de Weiterentwicklung van Aurubis Beerse und voor een verstärkte Vernetzung der europäischen Standorte. Aurubis therefore eliminates more synergy during the optimization of the material flow. “I am proud of the new ASPA approach; the Fertigstellung is a strong leadership of the teams of Aurubis Beerse after years of Einsatz. The heritage of the ASPA is a result of the great expertise and metallurgical know-how of the teams with intensive Commitment to the Kreislaufwirtschaft,” says Dirk Vandenberghe, Werkleiter von Aurubis in Beerse.

Strategisches Wachstum weltweit

ASPA is one of the major investment projects in Aurubis’ strategic roadmap and strengthens its position as one of the world’s most efficient and sustainable hut networks. “Metal recycling is a passion for Aurubis and our company is more concerned with the development of the European circular economy from the United States. And our ambition is no greater: In addition to ASPA, it has a new recycling standard in Georgia, USA, and another recycling facility for the recovery of valuable metals such as nickel and copper in an unserem Belgian location in Olen”, says COO Inge Hofkens.

With ASPA, Aurubis is creating 20 additional work sites in Beerse, where a total of 500 colleagues work. “With the realization of ASPA projects, Aurubis Beerse has come up with an idea for a company that will stimulate the efficient use of raw materials and one of the most sustainable investments”, says Bart Craane, mayor of the municipality of Beerse.

About Aurubis Beerse:

Das Werk in Beerse produces more than 200,000 tons of multi-metallic scrap – from complexes Rückständen to a high level of Schrottsorten – and supplies daraus Metalle, Metallprodukte and Mineralien her. Seit der Übernahme der Standorte in Beerse und Berango in 2020 hat Aurubis seine Rolle as one of the weltweit führenden Kupferrecycler weiter ausgebaut and verarbeitet nun insgesamt more like 1 Million Tonnen Recyclingmaterialien in Jahr.

For more information about the project, see: www.aurubis.com/aspa

Aurubis – Metals for progress

Aurubis AG is a high-quality manufacturer of high-quality metals and one of the largest recycling companies in the world. The company processes complex metal concentrates, old metals, organic and inorganic metal recycling materials and industrial backing materials of high-quality metals. Aurubis produces more than 1 million tons of copper cathodes and various products made of copper or copper alloys with casting wall wire, string molding format, profile or flat-wall products. In addition, Aurubis lists many other metals such as precious metals, selenium, brass, nickel, zinc or zinc. Their portfolio contains more products with products or requirements.

This is the elementary component of the Aurubis strategy. “Aurubis creates responsible value from raw materials” – Maxime follows the integrated trade and Wirtschaften in the corporate culture. It is possible to integrate the system with natural resources, a social and economic trading enterprise into an enterprise and a waiting room into a sinful and healthy mass.

Aurubis produces 6,900 employees, has a production base in Europe and the USA and has a wide variety of sales networks.

The Aurubis share is based on the Prime Standard segment of the German stock exchange and is listed in MDAX, the Global Challenges Index (GCX) is the Stoxx Europe 600.

More information: www.aurubis.nl