# Portovesme srl

Group: Glencore  
Ownership path: Portovesme srl (company, LEI 213800E2FZSHTZWO7U42) → [Glencore](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/glencore.md) (corporate group, LEI 2138002658CPO9NBH955)  
Country of seat: Italy  
Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/portovesme-srl

## Plants

### zinc line (Portoscuso (Sardinia), Italy)

- Link: zinc smelter
- Status: idled
- Metals: zinc
- Capacity: 100 kt/yr
- Coordinates: 39.2, 8.4
- Source [B]: MINING.COM, „Glencore to close Italian zinc operation on power costs” – https://mining.com
- Source [B]: L'Unione Sarda, „Portovesme, early shutdown of zinc line at Glencore plant begins” – https://unionesarda.it
- Source [B]: Portovesme S.r.l., Key facts – description of the Portoscuso and San Gavino plants – https://portovesme.it
- Source [B]: International Lead and Zinc Study Group, press release from the 70th session, Lisbon, 13 October 2025 – https://ilzsg.org
- Source [C]: Il Sole 24 Ore, „Glencore confirms shutdown of Portovesme zinc line” – https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/glencore-confirms-stop-of-zinc-line-portovesme-AG826WpB
- Note: Phase-out of the zinc line began on 23.12.2024, ahead of the original date of 31.12, due to a technical failure. It affects approx. 400 direct jobs. The loss was noted by ILZSG as a factor in the decline of Italy's output.
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08

### Portovesme – lead line (Portoscuso, Italy)

- Link: smelter
- Status: idled
- Metals: lead, silver, zinc
- Output 2024: 207.5 kt of steelmaking dust used as charge
- Coordinates: 39.2, 8.4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
- Source [C]: UIL, memorandum for the hearing before the 10th Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Portovesme industrial hub, 14.05.2025, p. 2 – https://documenti.camera.it/leg19/documentiAcquisiti/COM10/Audizioni/leg19.com10.Audizioni.Memoria.PUBBLICO.ideGes.64040.14-05-2025-18-12-06.615.pdf
- Source [C]: L'Unione Sarda, 24.12.2024 – shutdown of the zinc line and status of the lead line in Portovesme – https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/sulcis-iglesiente/portovesme-stop-ufficiale-alla-linea-zinco-natale-senza-lavoro-per-piu-di-mille-operai-pfrhhg47
- Source [B]: Portovesme S.r.l. – website (Chi siamo / Zinco / Materie prime), Chi siamo – „capacità produttiva 150.000 t Zinco”; Zinco; Materie prime – https://www.portovesme.it/it/what-we-do/metals/zinc
- Source [B]: Portovesme s.r.l. – Comunicato stampa (suspension of the traditional zinc line of 100,000 t/yr), in the MATTM register, komunikat (IT/EN) – https://va.mite.gov.it/File/Documento/563430
- Source [B]: Glencore – Third Quarter 2022 Production Report, s. 7 – https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/d305415f650e94ae02f7435c9c2b9305/GLEN_2022-Q3_ProductionReport.pdf
- Source [B]: Glencore – Full Year 2022 Production Report, s. 6 – https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/339ef1dcf7760cd324177d077d342bb6/GLEN_2022-FY_ProductionReport.pdf
- Source [B]: Glencore – Full Year 2024 Production Report, s. 5–6 (agregat: Portovesme, Asturiana, Nordenham, Northfleet, CEZ); s. 6; s. 5–6, 13 – https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/437c6cdb-dbfb-4e61-a769-18655951cee2/Glencore+production+report_FY2024.pdf
- Source [B]: Glencore – Full Year 2025 Production Report, s. 7 – https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/a8114247-02e8-4bd8-bc04-81f411ba631c/GLEN_2025-FY-Production-Report.pdf
- Source [C]: BGS – World Mineral Production 2020–24, table “Production of slab zinc” (and the 2019–23 edition for 2019), s. 78 – Netherlands; s. 78 – France; s. 78 – Spain; s. 78 – Germany; s. 78 – Italy; s. 78 – Bulgaria; s. 78 (wyd. 2020–24) i odpowiednia tabela wyd. 2019–23 – https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/541620/1/WMP_2020%20to%202024.pdf
- Source [A]: Eurostat PRODCOM DS-059358 – sold production, kody 24431230 i 24431250, ES 24431230 2023; 24431250 2019–2024; IT 24431230 2019–2024; BG 24431230/24431250 – :C; dataset DS-059358, indicators PRODQNT/PQNTFLAG/PQNTBASE/OWNPRODQNT; unit KG converted to t – https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/comext/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/DS-059358/A..24431230+24431250.PRODQNT+PQNTFLAG+PQNTBASE+QNTUNIT+PRODVAL+PVALFLAG+OWNPRODQNT+SCPRODQNT/?startPeriod=2019&endPeriod=2025&format=SDMX-CSV
- Source [B]: EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024): pliki „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv”, „F1_4_Air_Releases_Facilities.csv”, „F3_2_Transfers_Facilities.csv”, „F4_2_WasteTransfers_Facilities.csv”, reporting year 2024; IED installations 2.5(a), 2.5(b), 2.3(c), 4.2(e), 5.1; E-PRTR facilities 2(e), 3(a), 5(a) – https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/datashare/s/sptXqwkQr5g7Bp5/download?path=/eea_t_ied-eprtr_p_2007-2024_v16_r00
- Source [B]: GLEIF – Global LEI Index, API lei-records i fuzzycompletions – https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records
- Source [B]: Portovesme s.r.l. Sustainability Report 2024, p. 6 (CEO letter), p. 11, p. 62 (table of charge materials) – https://www.portovesme.it/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/1339faa9-da07-4445-9407-73ec17786128/Sustainability+report+2024.pdf
- Source [B]: Relazione tecnica dei processi produttivi della Portovesme s.r.l. (documentation in the VIA portal), s. 3 i 17 – https://va.mite.gov.it/File/Documento/269975
- Note: 2024 r.
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08

## Metal flow analyses

- [EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md)