| 2010 | Inauguration of a conform facility in Olen (Belgium). As already at the Swiss site, complex profiles are going to be produced here. |
| 2009 | Salzgitter AG owns on 12 September 25% of Aurubis's shares |
| Norddeutsche Affinerie AG is renamed as Aurubis AG effective 1 April. Most of the subsidiaries are now operating under the new name | |
| 2008 | Inauguration of the new high-tech copper refinery in Pirdop. 200,000 tonnes of electrolytic copper per year can be produced in this state-of-the-art tankhouse |
| On 7 August Salzgitter AG holds initially 5.8 % of Aurubis's shares | |
| New plant for gas-cleaning system in Pirdop (Bulgaria) commissioned | |
| After completion of squeeze-out phase Norddeutsche Affinerie holds 100 % of Cumerio shares on 4 August | |
| Supervisory Board appoints Dr Bernd Drouven as Chief Executive Officer | |
| On 1 August the company receives EU approval to merger with Cumerio | |
| 2007 | Norddeutsche Affinerie subsidiary Prymetall opens a new distribution and slitting centre in Dolný Kubín (Slovakia) |
| The Chief Executive Officer, Dr Werner Marnette, requests the Supervisory Board to release him from his duties by mutual consent | |
| New plant for sampling precious metal-bearing electronic scrap commissioned in Lunen | |
| Voluntary climate protection concept of Norddeutsche Affinerie; CO2 emissions in Hamburg should be reduced by 40,000 tonnes by 2012 | |
| On 6 July Norddeutsche Affinerie and Cumerio NV/SA ("Cumerio") announce their planned merger to create the leading integrated copper producer and processor in Europe. Norddeutsche Affinerie makes public takeover offer for all outstanding Cumerio shares | |
| Norddeutsche Affinerie engages in a virtual slice of the plannmed Vattenfall power plant in Hamburg/Moorburg | |
| Inauguration of ESSE 7 (Stack 7); a 45 m high barometer in its premises in Hamburg is installed | |
| 2006 | Inauguration of new handling and storage system for copper concentrates in Brunsbüttel |
| The company participates in CHINA TIME 2006 in Hamburg and sponsors the copper dragon (length 7 m, height 5,5 m, weight 4,3 tonnes) as a symbol and landmark | |
| Norddeutsche Affinerie celebrates 140 years as a joint stock corporation | |
| 2005 | Commissioning of the new silver electrolysis at the Hamburg production site |
| 2004 | Completion of environmental project RWN 2004: reduction of total dust emissions from the secondary smelter (RWN) in Hamburg by 70 % |
| Development of a flexible solar cell on copper film completed | |
| 2003 | The company strengthens its commitment in metal recycling: Hüttenwerke Kayser AG is amalgamated with Norddeutsche Affinerie AG |
| Expansion of the processing capacity of the primary smelter by a further 15 % to 1,150,000 t of concentrate throughput p.a. | |
| Norddeutsche Affinerie AG participates in ?UmweltPartnerschaft Hamburg? (Environment Partnership Hamburg), an initiative instigated by the Hamburg Authorities of the Environment and Health Affairs and the Hamburg industry | |
| 2002 | Retroactive to 1 October, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Mitsui) acquires 80 % of the shares in Urania Chemicals GmbH (Spiess-Urania), of which Norddeutsche Affinerie AG was the majority shareholder up to then |
| Sale of the subsidiary MicroMet GmbH Pulvertechnologie to ECKA Granulate GmbH & Co. KG | |
| Commissioning of the Kayser Recycling Systems (KRS) at the Lünen site: Norddeutsche Affinerie becomes an international leader in recycling technology and additionally the largest copper recycler | |
| With the acquisition of Prymetall GmbH & Co. KG and its 50 % stake in Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk GmbH & Co. KG in Stolberg, expansion of the value added chain in the direction of the downstream end user market | |
| 2001 | Commissioning of the new production plant for oxygen-free (OF) copper |
| 2000 | Expansion of processing capacity in the primary smelter by 35 % to a throughput of 1,000,000 t of concentrates p.a. |
| 1999 | Commissioning of the new TOP ROD plant for the production of oxygen-free and also low-alloyed wire rod for special applications |
| Acquisition of majority stake in Hüttenwerke Kayser AG | |
| Concentration of chemical activities in the subsidiary Urania Chemicals GmbH | |
| Spin-off of the metal powder activities into the wholly-owned subsidiary MicroMet GmbH Pulvertechnologie | |
| 1998 | Norddeutsche Affinerie shares first listed on the stock exchange |
| 1997 | Joint venture between Degussa and Norddeutsche Affinerie in the precious metals sector |
| 1994 | Expansion of the capacity of the primary smelter to a throughput of more than 700,000 tonnes of concentrates p.a. |
| 1992 | Expansion of the primary smelter copper tankhouse to a capacity of 350,000 tonnes p.a. (currently 370,00 tonnes) |
| 1990 | Completion of the electric furnace plant in the secondary smelter |
| 1989 | Commissioning of the new copper tankhouse in the primary smelter |
| 1985 | Beginning of a major modernisation and environmental protection programme |
| 1980 | Commissioning of the second continuous cast wire rod plant |
| 1979 | Development of the energy-saving Contimelt technology for processing blister copper, copper scrap and anode scrap into copper anodes |
| 1972 | Commissioning of the first continuous cast wire rod plant |
| Start-up of production at the primary (East) smelter after installation of the flash smelter plant for copper concentrates and a double absorption contact acid plant for the production of sulphuric acid | |
| 1949 | Start-up of continuous casting operations |
| 1936 | Commissioning of the reverberatory furnace and processing of copper concentrates; construction of a sulphuric acid plant using the contact process |
| 1913 | Complete relocation from Elbstrasse to the Peute industrial area |
| 1876 | Commissioning of the copper tankhouse developed by Dr Emil Wohlwill as the first continuously operating facility of its type in the world |
| 1866 | Incorporation of Norddeutsche Affinerie as a stock corporation with equity stakes held by Norddeutsche Bank and Allgemeine Deutsche Kreditanstalt |
| 1770 | Markus Salomon Beit obtains permission to construct a silver separation and smelting facility in Hamburg |