# Boliden

Group identifier: aiwaw:boliden  
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 – Source [C]: Rejestr „Podmioty” – zapis grupy w dokumentach spółek (bez relacji w GLEIF)  
Data as of: 2026-10-18, version 2.22  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/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).

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 8 | mine and concentrator 8 |
| Smelting and refining | 6 | smelter 4; non-ferrous scrap remelting 1; refinery 1 |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Sweden | 7 |
| Finland | 4 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

| Metal | Stage | Full capacity | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| zinc | zinc smelter | 640 | kt/rok | 2 |
| copper | refinery | 170 | kt Cu/rok | 1 |

## Group structure

- **Boliden** (corporate group; aiwaw:boliden)
  - [Zinkgruvan Mining AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/zinkgruvan-mining-ab.md) (company; Sweden; register · C)
    - Zinkgruvan (Askersund (Zinkgruvan), Sweden) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 3.96 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
  - [Boliden AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-ab.md) (company; Sweden; LEI 21380059QU7IM1ONDJ56; Business register 5560514142; register · C)
    - Aitik (Gällivare, Sweden) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 60 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
    - Boliden Area (Renström, Kristineberg, Kankberg) (Boliden, Sweden) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 3 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
    - Garpenberg (Garpenberg, Sweden) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 1 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
    - Boliden Kokkola (Kokkola, Finland) – plant; zinc smelter; operating; Output 2024: 302 kt cynku; Capacity: 290 kt/rok; class A
    - Boliden Odda (Odda, Norway) – plant; zinc smelter; operating; Capacity: 350 kt/rok; class A
  - [Boliden Bergsöe AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-bergsoe-ab.md) (company; Sweden; LEI 213800OAP1YRLW3YRR13; Business register 556041-8823; register · C)
    - Landskrona – huta wtórna ołowiu (recykling akumulatorów) (Landskrona, Sweden) – plant; non-ferrous scrap remelting; operating; class A
  - [Boliden Harjavalta Oy](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-harjavalta-oy.md) (company; Finland; LEI 213800NRTMNNTE6QTL81; Business register 1591739-9; register · C)
    - Harjavalta – huta Cu-Ni (Harjavalta, Finland) – plant; smelter; operating; class A
    - Pori – elektrorafineria (Pori, Finland) – plant; refinery; operating; Output 2024: 159 kt Cu – katody; Capacity: 170 kt Cu/rok; class A
  - [Boliden Kevitsa Mining Oy](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-kevitsa-mining-oy.md) (company; Finland; LEI 213800N23OXX3A52TU74; Business register 2345699-1; register · C)
    - Kevitsa (Sodankylä, Finland) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 26 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A
  - [Boliden Mineral AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-mineral-ab.md) (company; Sweden; LEI 213800X3MEX5WPW7DI33; Business register 556231-6850; register · C)
    - Boliden Area (Kristineberg z Rävliden, Renström; zakład wzbogacania Boliden) (Boliden, Sweden) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 48.7 kt Zn zawartego w koncentracie; class A
    - Rönnskär – huta (elektrolizernia w odbudowie) (Skelleftehamn, Sweden) – plant; smelter; operating; Output 2024: 0 kt Cu – katody (2024; od 06.2023 tylko anody); Capacity: 230 kt Cu/rok; class A
  - [Boliden Tara Mines DAC](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/boliden-tara-mines-dac.md) (company; Ireland; LEI 21380047L9M1CGWGA395; Business register 33148; register · C)
    - Tara – podziemna kopalnia cynku i ołowiu (Navan, Ireland) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2025: 76 kt Zn w koncentracie (do tego 7 kt Pb; przerób 1 441 kt rudy); class A
  - [Somincor – Sociedade Mineira de Neves-Corvo S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/somincor-sociedade-mineira-de-neves-corvo-s-a.md) (company; Portugal; LEI 9845005D1KEU48E1ER02; Business register 503352896; register · C)
    - Neves-Corvo (Castro Verde, Portugal) – plant; mine and concentrator; operating; Output 2024: 28.2 kt Cu w koncentracie (contained); class A

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

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.

| Metal | Stage | capacity / output | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| 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 |

## 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](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 9 plants, 6 companies
- [EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 6 plants, 5 companies

## Similar groups

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.

- [Glencore](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/glencore.md) – in common: copper, zinc, lead, nickel, silver; smelting and refining; Norway
- [DPM Metals](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/dpm-metals.md) – in common: copper, zinc, lead, silver; raw materials
- [Zijin Mining Group](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/zijin-mining-group.md) – in common: copper, silver; raw materials, smelting and refining
- [Sandfire Resources](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/sandfire-resources.md) – in common: copper, zinc, lead; raw materials

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 14, B 0, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 14 / 14 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-11)
- 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 membership: group as recorded in company documents (class C); Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.