The site in Bulgaria is our link to the Southeast European markets.
The site in Bulgaria is our link to the Southeast European market. The plant was built in 1958 and it consists of four main production units: Smelter, Refinery, Acid plant and Flotation plant. Today the company employs over 845 people. In 2016 the production of Aurubis Bulgaria was 297 000 t. anode copper, 216 000 t. cathode copper and 1 041 000 t. sulphuric acid. For the period from the company's privatization in 1997 till the end of 2016, more than EUR 600 million has been invested for modernization of production and improvement of environmental efficiency.