www.aurubis.com
www.na-ag.com

The NA Group is the largest copper producer in Europe and as well the largest copper recycler worldwide. It produces about 800,000 tonnes of copper and copper products annually and with about 3,200 employees is one of the leading copper producers worldwide.
The core business is the production of copper cathodes from copper concentrates, copper scrap and recycling materials. These are then processed into continuous cast wire rod and shapes, rolled products and copper alloys. Precious metals are likewise an important product sector. Further specialty products produced and marketed by the NA Group are all the major natural by-elements from copper production. These are processed, for example, into sulphuric acid and iron silicate stone.

December 3, 2010 - Copper producer Aurubis AG Friday said that evening production in the flash smelter at the Aurubis plant in Hamburg was disrupted yesterday due to an unknown cause. The smelter was shut down in a controlled manner and is currently cooling down. There are no personal injuries or effects on the environment.  Preparations for repairs are underway and repairs are expected to take two weeks.  Aurubis assumes that the existing delivery obligations for copper products can be fulfilled. The capacities of other group sites are being flexibly utilised to supply the tankhouse in Hamburg with Anodes, the company said. The impact on the concentrate throughput and sulphuric acid production depends on the actual repair period and thus cannot be precisely calculated yet.

December 16, 2008 - Norddeutsche Affinerie AG and Cumerio nv/sa now wish to present the combination to the outside world. The new enlarged company will be called Aurubis. „The name represents all that unites us and makes us strong, our common passion for copper“, said Chief Executive Officer, Dr Bernd Drouven, today in Hamburg.   „Aurubis“ is derived from Latin and means „red gold“. „The name puts in a nutshell what copper symbolizes for us and our customers – a metal of extraordinary value. It is the oldest metal in the world and has always been the cornerstone for progress and civilization. This holds true even today: mobile phones, computers, electricity – nothing would function without copper. This special meaning makes us work with passion on our product. To us, copper not only glitters like gold, it is just as valuable“, continued Drouven.  Norddeutsche Affinerie AG’s well-known logo, the blue triangle, will not be changed. It has a long tradition and originally showed three metallurgical tools. It has been modernised several times in the course of the company’s 142 year history.  The official renaming under German commercial law will not take place until after the official resolution is passed at the Annual General Meeting on 26 February 2009. Until then the shares will also still be listed as Norddeutsche Affinerie AG.  The CEO assured that the new name will express the greater international importance of the company. At the same time it is also a commitment to the employees and the current production sites.