Aurubis AG

Aurubis AG (ETR:NDA), formerly Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, is a German company engaged in the production of primary copper and precious metals, the recycling of secondary raw materials and the processing of copper into final products. It operates through three business segments: Primary Copper that unifies activities related to the production of marketable copper cathodes from the primary raw material, copper concentrates, as well as the production and marketing of sulfuric acid; Recycling/Precious Metals, engaged in the production of copper cathodes from a variety of recycled raw materials and such by-metals and co-products as gold, silver, platinum and tin, among others, and Copper Products that includes the provision of such copper products as cast wire rod from cathodes, strips, shaped wires and others.As of September 30, 2009, it had 10 wholly owned subsidiaries, three majority owned subsidiaries and three minority owned subsidiaries based in Europe.