Boliden
At a glance
Boliden – 8 companies in the register with 14 plants in 5 countries (most: Sweden 7, Finland 4, Ireland 1). Metals of the plants: copper, zinc, lead, nickel, silver. Main links of the chain: raw materials – 8 plants; smelting and refining – 6 plants. Membership follows the group as recorded in company documents, without a GLEIF consolidation relationship. Largest full capacity in a single stage: zinc smelter (zinc) – 640 kt/rok, 2 operating plants (no ownership shares in plants).
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- Group identifier
aiwaw:bolidenai-waw.com register identifier (parent company without an LEI in the dataset)- Ultimate owner
- Ultimate owner not established in GLEIF Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person
- Basis of membership
- group as recorded in company documents · C Rejestr „Podmioty” – zapis grupy w dokumentach spółek (bez relacji w GLEIF)
- Controlling country
- Sweden (EU-27; GLEIF – company controls itself) · Ownership control of plants – all groups by controlling country
- companies
- 8
- plants
- 14
- plant countries
- 5
- metals
- Ag Cu Ni Pb Zn
- Full capacity by metal and stage (full – shares in plants in the next stage)
- zinc · zinc smelter 640 kt/rok
- copper · refinery 170 kt Cu/rok
Value-chain coverage
Links from mine to recycling and end uses: which are covered by plants of the group companies and how many plants each link has; below the number – the most frequent stages.
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Raw materials
8 plants
- mine and concentrator 8
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Smelting and refining
6 plants
- smelter 4
- non-ferrous scrap remelting 1
- refinery 1
- Processing no plants
- Products no plants
- Recycling no plants
- End uses no plants
Plants by country
Plants of the group companies in each country (all plant statuses).
| Country | Plants | % |
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| Sweden | 7 | |
| Finland | 4 | |
| Ireland | 1 | |
| Norway | 1 | |
| Portugal | 1 |
Flow analyses
“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.
- EU Copper Flow Analysis in the analysis: 9 plants, 6 companies
- EU-27 Zinc Flows in the analysis: 6 plants, 5 companies
Group structure
Group – companies – plants. A link marked “GLEIF · A” is a consolidation relationship from GLEIF; “register” – membership as recorded in company documents. Hovering a plant or company highlights its path and markers on the map.
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corporate group Boliden 14 plants
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mine and concentrator · Zn Pb Cu Zinkgruvan Output 2024: 3.96 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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mine and concentrator · Cu Aitik Output 2024: 60 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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mine and concentrator · Cu Zn Pb Boliden Area (Renström, Kristineberg, Kankberg) Output 2024: 3 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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mine and concentrator · Zn Pb Cu Garpenberg Output 2024: 1 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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zinc smelter · Zn Boliden Kokkola Output 2024: 302 kt cynku Capacity: 290 kt/rok operating A
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zinc smelter · Zn Boliden Odda Capacity: 350 kt/rok operating A
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non-ferrous scrap remelting · Pb Landskrona – huta wtórna ołowiu (recykling akumulatorów) operating A
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smelter · Cu Ni Harjavalta – huta Cu-Ni operating A
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refinery · Cu Pori – elektrorafineria Output 2024: 159 kt Cu – katody Capacity: 170 kt Cu/rok operating A
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mine and concentrator · Cu Kevitsa Output 2024: 26 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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mine and concentrator · Zn Boliden Area (Kristineberg z Rävliden, Renström; zakład wzbogacania Boliden) Output 2024: 48.7 kt Zn zawartego w koncentracie operating A
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smelter · Cu Zn Rönnskär – huta (elektrolizernia w odbudowie) Output 2024: 0 kt Cu – katody (2024; od 06.2023 tylko anody) Capacity: 230 kt Cu/rok operating A
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mine and concentrator · Cu Zn Neves-Corvo Output 2024: 28.2 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) operating A
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No plant matches.
Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants
Full capacity of the group companies’ plants – the sum of the capacity of operating plants, irrespective of the group’s share in the plant.
| Metal | Stage | Full capacity / Output | Unit | Plants in total |
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| copper | refinery | 170 capacity | kt Cu/rok | 1 |
| copper + zinc | smelter | 230 capacity | kt Cu/rok | 1 |
| zinc | zinc smelter | 640 capacity | kt/rok | 2 |
| copper | mine and concentrator | 86 output 2024 | kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) | 2 |
| copper | refinery | 159 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody | 1 |
| copper + lead + zinc | mine and concentrator | 7.96 output 2024 | kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) | 3 |
| copper + zinc | mine and concentrator | 28.2 output 2024 | kt Cu w koncentracie (contained) | 1 |
| copper + zinc | smelter | 0 output 2024 | kt Cu – katody (2024; od 06.2023 tylko anody) | 1 |
| silver + lead + zinc | mine and concentrator | 76 output 2025 | kt Zn w koncentracie (do tego 7 kt Pb; przerób 1 441 kt rudy) | 1 |
| zinc | mine and concentrator | 48.7 output 2024 | kt Zn zawartego w koncentracie | 1 |
| zinc | zinc smelter | 302 output 2024 | kt cynku | 1 |
Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.
Data quality
Where the card numbers come from: source class of each plant, verification at source and the basis of ownership relationships.
- Source class of plants
- A 14B 0C 0
- Plants verified at source
- 14 / 14 · verified 8.10.2026 – 11.10.2026
- Plant status
- operating: 14
- Ownership relationships of companies
- GLEIF relationship (class A): 0 of 8; group as recorded: 8 of 8; companies with an LEI: 7 of 8
- Basis of the group
- C group as recorded in company documents · Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person
Similar groups
- Glencore 4 companies · 5 plants in common: copper, zinc, lead, nickel, silver; smelting and refining; Norway
- DPM Metals 2 companies · 2 plants in common: copper, zinc, lead, silver; raw materials
- Zijin Mining Group 3 companies · 4 plants in common: copper, silver; raw materials, smelting and refining
- Sandfire Resources 1 company · 3 plants in common: copper, zinc, lead; raw materials
Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.
Citation
ai-waw.com, Companies – Corporate groups: Boliden (aiwaw:boliden), Data as of 2026-10-18, version 2.22, https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/boliden
Versions for agents
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