🌟 ICA Member Aurubis Drives Sustainability and Diversity in the Copper Industry A special thank you to ICA member Aurubis for hosting the ICA team at Aurubis Olen, a key recycling hub for European markets alongside Aurubis Beerse. The visit provided valuable insights into Aurubis' commitment to sustainability and gender diversity in the metals industry. 🔹 Investment in Sustainable Copper Production 🌍♻️ Aurubis Olen showcased their groundbreaking €85 million hydrometallurgical bleed treatment plant, inaugurated in December 2024. This state-of-the-art facility will significantly enhance metal recovery, solidifying copper's pivotal role in a circular economy. 🔹 Empowering Women in Metals: Women4Metals Initiative 💪👩🔧 We had an inspiring discussion with Tanja Winter about #Women4Metals, an initiative founded by Aurubis in 2019 to promote gender diversity in the metals industry. This growing movement aims to create a more inclusive and equitable future for the sector. 📌 Learn more about #Women4Metals here: https://lnkd.in/eJhdU4Kq 👏 Thanks again to the Aurubis team Dirk Vandenberghe, Lode Rosiers, Tanja Winter, Daniela Cholakova, Valerie Peeraer, Thomas P. Samson, Milan Pažický for their hospitality and for sharing their expertise as drivers of innovative and responsible practices and vision for a sustainable and diverse copper industry. We look forward to many more years of partnership in advancing the future of sustainable human development. #Copper #ICA #Aurubis #MetalForProgress #TomorrowMetals #Innovation #Sustainability #CircularEconomy
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Based in Brussels, the International Copper Association (ICA) Europe is the leading advocate for the copper industry in Europe. With 32 members globally, ICA represents more than half of the world’s copper production and most of the EU’s production. As ICA’s European branch, the organization represents companies that mine, smelt and recycle copper for use across the economy, in the electricity system, buildings, transport and industry. Through a team of policy, industry and scientific experts, ICA Europe promotes copper as an essential material for achieving the EU’s ambition of a resilient, climate neutral Europe, and seeks to ensure that EU policies enable the sustainable production of copper to serve Europe’s future needs. ICA Europe also serves as the secretariat of the REACH Copper Consortium, which provides a coordinated answer to EU requirements on chemicals registration, evaluation and authorization.
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🔋⚡ #Copper is at the heart of the #EV and #Battery value chain! Join ICA Europe’s Director General, Quentin de Hults, at Giga Europe 2025 on March 18-19 in Brussels, organised by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. The discussion will focus on copper’s critical role in ensuring supply security and sustainability to meet the accelerating demand for electrification. 🚗🔌 📢 Don’t miss this key conversation on copper’s role in Europe’s green transition! Secure your spot now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eB3AGpgk
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🤩 This week I visited 2 amazing #copper production sites of our member Aurubis and was impressed by the long history, passion, and expertise. Both sites are more than 100 years old and Aurubis continues to invest into their development to optimize metal production, circularity and sustainability. Aurubis Beerse recycles copper from all type of low grade scraps and recovers various other metals such as tin, lead and precious metals. ♻️ Everything that you would consider waste is considered as a resource. Closing the loops while minimizing environmental impacts is the motto. I visited the site with MEP Bruno Tobback and we discussed the strategic role of recycling for the EU and challenges faced in practice, such as the administrative burdens hindering the access to secondary materials or the EU ETS framework penalizing recycling of e-waste. Hamburg is Aurubis's biggest site and produces copper cathodes, wire rod, shapes and other copper products from primary materials, but also integrates scrap and recovers various co-products such as sulfuric acid, iron silicate and precious metals. The site impresses by its size and proximity to the city, which creates challenges but also opportunities, such as feeding the city with residual heat. Together with my colleagues, we met the commercial team and discussed the need to better inform the market about copper and its strong EU supply chain. This industry is a backbone of the economy. It's a strategic industry delivering strategic materials but facing many challenges such as high energy costs and administrative burdens. Policy makers must work with our industry to secure its future over the next 100 years and more, with an acute prioritity for the next 5-10 years. The EU Competitiveness Compass sets a good direction. The Clean Industrial Deal, Affordable Energy Action Plan, Metals Action Plan and Circular Economy Act will be key files for us in the coming months. I'm so grateful to all the Aurubis colleagues I met. I learned a lot and felt a real passion for copper and sustainability. Dirk Vandenberghe Milan Pažický Daniela Cholakova Hans Van de Water Tanja Winter Dr. Cornelius Bessler Thomas P. Samson Stefan Kelsch Marco Lé Andreas Schulz Farzin Mohseni Lara Deutsch （邓乐雅）Tore Prang Thomas Sturm. A huge THANK YOU, you are a great team! Picture from Aurubis Hamburg in 1909, credit Aurubis, + group pictures on site
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Nestled in central Lapland, Anglo American’s Sakatti project is set to become a state-of-the-art underground mine, playing a vital role in Europe’s green energy transition. Discovered in 2009, Sakatti boasts a rich polymetallic orebody, with #copper as its primary resource, alongside nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium, gold, and silver. Sakatti will contribute to a more sustainable and resilient future by ensuring a secure supply of critical raw materials in Europe. 🌱⚡ Learn more about Sakatti and the FutureSmart mine in the video below. #AngloAmerican #FutureSmartMine #Sakatti
How metals and minerals are produced is becoming ever more important to all stakeholders, from our local communities to the end consumer – and rightly so. Anglo American’s Sakatti project in Finland is the next generation of #FutureSmart mine, demonstrating our integrated approach to sustainability and innovation in action. View our latest video: https://lnkd.in/en7jYKhC Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eEq_HzNk
Sakatti: Pioneering sustainable mining in Finland
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📢 The European Commission's Competitiveness Compass is here, and we’re pleased to see it aligning with ICA Europe’s three key objectives for the Clean Industrial Deal. We welcome that it: 🪨 Recognises the strategic importance of energy-intensive sectors and metals as the backbone of the economy. ⛓️ Reconfirms the commitment to improving the resilience of CRM supply chains, including through domestic production and diversification. ⚡ Commits to: ✅ Reducing energy costs through better network tariff design and taxation reform. ✅ Reviewing CBAM to minimise circumvention and better combat carbon leakage. ✅ A supportive state aid framework to better accompany energy-intensive companies' efforts to switch to clean technologies. ✅ Promoting recycling and establishing a single market for waste through the Circular Economy Act. ✅ Simplifying EU sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements to reduce administrative burdens. ICA Europe is ready to engage on the next steps to make this vision a reality 🔗 Discover ICA Europe’s recommendations for the Clean Industrial Deal: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBtsAAW6 #Copper #CompetitivenessCompass #CleanIndustrialDeal
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🌍 Have you read ICA Europe’s position paper on the Clean Industrial Deal? 👇
"Recycling and critical raw materials" will be one of the 6 thematic areas of the #CleanIndustrialDeal that the European Commission will propose on February 26 👍 #copper is a strategic material for the EU, the copper industry is therefore strategic. As the International Copper Association Europe, we published our key proposals to support the #competitiveness of copper production in the EU 1️⃣ ensure competitive #energy prices and protection against carbon leakage 2️⃣ facilitate #recycling of copper 3️⃣ streamline the EU legislative framework All of this is essential to achieve the objectives of the Critical Raw Materials Act #CRMA. The EU needs more copper #mining, processing and #recycling, and will announce new strategic projects in March. These projects and existing operations need a strong business case. The Clean Industrial Deal, the Affordable Energy Plan, the Metals Action Plan and the Circular Economy Act that the Commission will develop, will be essential pieces to deliver. We defend strongly these messages together with our members and we had very constructive conversations in the European Parliament this week during #MetalsDay. The upcoming weeks and months will be very important and we are working hard with our team and members. It's time to act.
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Today has been a busy day in Strasbourg. During the third edition of the #MetalsDays —organised by Eurometaux (European Metals Association)— the International Copper Association Europe and EPMF (European Precious Metals Federation) co-hosted a high-level panel moderated by Quentin de Hults on "the critical role of Sustainable Raw Materials in shaping the Circular Economy Act and the Green Deal" 🌍🔄 The panel tackled two key challenges: 1) Boosting Metals Recycling in the EU 🔹 Inge Hofkens emphasised the need to improve collection rates of products at end-of-life, enhance sorting quality, and promote design for recycling to ensure more materials can be efficiently recovered. 🔹 Wouter Ghyoot highlighted the importance of easing intra-EU waste shipments containing critical raw materials (CRMs) and eliminating regulatory barriers to ensure recyclers access sufficient secondary materials. 🔹 MEP Sara Matthieu added that recycling and product design policies must align better. In addition, the upcoming Clean Industrial Deal needs to double down on electrification, investments, and a trade policy that strengthens our supply chains. 2) Aligning circularity and climate policies 🔹 Inge Hofkens raised concerns about how ETS regulation disincentivises recycling of e-waste, despite its lower lifecycle emissions. 🔹 Wouter Ghyoot provided examples of chemical management policies that hinder metals recycling and highlighted the need for coherence between circularity and environmental regulations. 🔹 MEP Bruno Tobback underscored the need for better waste collection schemes and a more unified approach across Member States. Consistent regulations and higher collection rates are key to making recycling more attractive and effective. 🔹 MEP Radan Kanev concluded that for the European metals sector to thrive, we need lower energy prices and fewer regulatory constraints. At the same time, improving efficiency, recycling, and material innovation must be supported by coherent legislation. In conclusion, clear and stable policies are essential to meet rising copper demand while ensuring sustainability. To secure Europe’s green transition, we are advocating for: ✔️ A stable regulatory framework that promotes mining, refining, and recycling investments. ✔️ Streamlined permitting and support for strategic raw materials. ✔️ Access to competitively priced, fossil-free energy. ✔️ Better collection, sorting, and recycling systems. Thank you to all our speakers, EPMF (European Precious Metals Federation) for co-hosting, and Eurometaux (European Metals Association) for organising. And, of course, to everyone who joined and shared their insights—your contributions were invaluable. This was the largest raw materials delegation in Strasbourg since the Metals Days began—a truly encouraging sign for what lies ahead! #Copper #RawMaterials #GreenDeal #CleanIndustrialDeal
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🌍 The Clean Industrial Deal must support the competitiveness of the EU's copper production Copper is a strategic raw material essential for the EU’s climate transition and strategic autonomy. The EU has a strong copper industry but suffers from high energy costs and regulatory complexity. The Clean Industrial Deal must support the competitiveness of copper mining, smelting, refining and recycling in the EU by: ✅ Ensuring access to competitive energy prices and protection against carbon leakage ✅ Facilitating recycling of strategic raw materials ✅ Streamlining the EU legislative framework, including an assessment of existing and future legislation against the objectives of the Critical Raw Materials Act. Let's ensure the resilience of strategic raw materials for a sustainable, prosperous Europe. 🔗 Read more about 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBtsAAW6 #Copper #RawMaterials #CleanIndustrialDeal
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🎉 We’re kicking off a busy year for #Copper. Join us next Tuesday, 21 January, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg for the third edition of #MetalsDays, organised by Eurometaux (European Metals Association). This year’s spotlight is on the critical role of Sustainable Raw Materials in shaping the Circular Economy Act and the Green Deal. 🌍🔄 Co-hosted by the International Copper Association Europe and EPMF (European Precious Metals Federation), this high-level panel will be moderated by Quentin de Hults (ICA Europe's Director General). Expect an engaging discussion bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and the value chain to build a sustainable future for Europe. 🌟 Key speakers include: 📢 Members of the European Parliament: ➡️ Radan Kanev (EPP Group in the European Parliament) ➡️ Bruno Tobback (Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament) ➡️ Sara Matthieu (The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament) 📢 Industry leaders: 🔹 Inge Hofkens, Chief Operations Officer, Aurubis 🔹 Wouter Ghyoot, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Umicore 💡 Stay tuned for insights from the event! #Copper #RawMaterials #GreenDeal #CleanIndustrialDeal
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📢 ICA has a new member! We are thrilled to announce that Kutch Copper Limited, part of the Adani Group, is joining the International Copper Association. 🎉 Kutch Copper is a greenfield copper custom smelting and refining complex based in Mundra, Gujarat, India. With a $1.2 billion investment, the complex will maintain an initial annual capacity of 0.5 million tonnes. With a planned expansion to double capacity, the complex will be positioned to become one of the largest single-location custom copper smelters globally. "We are delighted to welcome Kutch Copper Ltd. to our community. Their efforts in advancing sustainable and innovative copper production strengthen our collective mission to promote, protect, and defend copper's essential role in enabling the technologies and infrastructures needed for global decarbonization. With their presence, we are particularly excited to support copper's growth in regions where its key applications are expanding." – ICA President Juan Ignacio Diaz Learn more about ICA’s newest member ⤵️