Ad-hoc | 3 December 2010 12:56
Aurubis AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
03.12.2010 12:56
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Interruption of operations in Hamburg plant's concentrate processing
Hamburg, 3 December 2010 - Yesterday evening production in the flash
smelter at the Aurubis plant in Hamburg was disrupted due to an unknown
cause. The smelter was shut down in a controlled manner and is currently
cooling down. Preparations for repairs are underway. There were neither
personal injuries nor effects on the environment. 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 impact on the concentrate throughput and sulphuric acid production
depends on the actual repair period and thus cannot be precisely calculated
yet.
The flash smelter is the first step in concentrate processing.
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Language: English
Company: Aurubis AG
Hovestrasse 50
20539 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 78
Fax: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 30
E-mail: m.kartenbeck@aurubis.com
Internet: www.aurubis.com
ISIN: DE0006766504
WKN: 676650
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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