Aurubis invests € 400 m in its Bulgarian site and starts expansion of tankhouse and solar park

Today Aurubis broke ground on two projects to to expand the tankhouse for copper production and build two additional solar power plants at the site in Bulgaria in the presence of the Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Industry Dr. Petko Nikolov. This represents an investment in the multimetal producer’s core business and another step towards decarbonizing production, both elements of the company strategy. By expanding the tankhouse, Aurubis will increase the site’s annual output by around 50 % to 340,000 t of refined copper. Today’s groundbreaking also kicks off another expansion of the company’s captive solar capacity. An additional extension stage has already been approved, and the entire park will generate around 40 megawatt peak (MWp) of solar power per year. 

“Today’s groundbreaking for two projects impressively demonstrates how we are consistently realizing our Driving Sustainable Growth company strategy. Investing in expanding the tankhouse will help us meet the globally rising need for copper, the element of the energy transition, even better,” Aurubis CEO Roland Harings explained. Aurubis is investing in expanding its core business as it moves towards becoming the most sustainable smelter network in the world.