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Technology: smelting and refining
Technology suppliers for the customer process “smelting and refining” – supplier plants, technology classes with metals, product forms, source and status, and deliveries to register plants.
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Customer links: smelter, refinery, secondary refiner (scrap remelting)
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Technology classes of the process
- smelting and converting plant smelting and refining technology
- fire or electrolytic refining plant smelting and refining technology
- flash smelting furnace smelting and refining technology
- anode casting line (casting wheel) smelting and refining technology
- anode preparation and cathode handling machines for electrowinning and electrorefining smelting and refining technology
- aluminium potroom equipment (pot tending machines, anode changing) smelting and refining technology
- carbon anode plant (paste, forming, baking) smelting and refining technology
- smelter and casthouse off-gas treatment plant smelting and refining technology
Suppliers
Continuus-Properzi S.p.A. Italy
| Technology class | Supplier plant | Confirmed metals | Product form | Status | Source (class, date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fire or electrolytic refining plant | Sordio – Continuus-Properzi plant (continuous casting and wire rod rolling lines, furnaces for non-ferrous metals) Sordio, Italy | Cu | wire rod | confirmed | B Company website – sustainability page: copper scrap refining furnace for wire rod production (properzi.com) 2026-10-20 |
Fives ECL France
| Technology class | Supplier plant | Confirmed metals | Product form | Status | Source (class, date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aluminium potroom equipment (pot tending machines, anode changing) | Ronchin – design and manufacture of pot tending machines and cranes for aluminium smelters Ronchin, France | Al | – | confirmed | B Group website – product page for ECL pot tending machines (Pot Tending Machine) (fivesgroup.com) 2026-10-20 |
| carbon anode plant (paste, forming, baking) | Ronchin – design and manufacture of pot tending machines and cranes for aluminium smelters Ronchin, France | Al | – | confirmed | B Group website – product page for ECL anode baking furnace tending cranes (Furnace Tending Assembly) (fivesgroup.com) 2026-10-20 |
Fives Solios France
| Technology class | Supplier plant | Confirmed metals | Product form | Status | Source (class, date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carbon anode plant (paste, forming, baking) | Givors – design of carbon anode and gas treatment plants for aluminium smelters Givors, France | Al | – | confirmed | B Group website – page on green anode plants (Green Anode Plant) (fivesgroup.com) 2026-10-20 |
| smelter and casthouse off-gas treatment plant | Givors – design of carbon anode and gas treatment plants for aluminium smelters Givors, France | Al | – | confirmed | B Group website – page on potline gas treatment centres (Gas Treatment Centre) (fivesgroup.com) 2026-10-20 |
Kumera Machinery Oy Finland
| Technology class | Supplier plant | Confirmed metals | Product form | Status | Source (class, date) |
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| smelting and converting plant | Akaa (Kylmäkoski) – manufacture of Kumera Technology Center smelting equipment (converters, anode furnaces) Akaa, Finland | Cu | – | confirmed | B Company website – product page for the Peirce-Smith converter (kumera.com) 2026-10-20 |
| fire or electrolytic refining plant | Akaa (Kylmäkoski) – manufacture of Kumera Technology Center smelting equipment (converters, anode furnaces) Akaa, Finland | Cu | – | confirmed | B Company website – product page for the anode furnace (kumera.com) 2026-10-20 |
Kumera Oy Finland
| Technology class | Supplier plant | Confirmed metals | Product form | Status | Source (class, date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| smelting and converting plant | Riihimäki – Kumera Technology Center (research, design of converters and anode furnaces) Riihimäki, Finland | Cu | – | confirmed | B Company website – product page for the Peirce-Smith converter (kumera.com) 2026-10-20 |
| fire or electrolytic refining plant | Riihimäki – Kumera Technology Center (research, design of converters and anode furnaces) Riihimäki, Finland | Cu | – | confirmed | B Company website – product page for the anode furnace (kumera.com) 2026-10-20 |
| aluminium potroom equipment (pot tending machines, anode changing) | Riihimäki – Kumera Technology Center (research, design of converters and anode furnaces) Riihimäki, Finland | Al | – | confirmed | B Company website – product page for Anode Jacking Systems for aluminium smelters (kumera.com) 2026-10-20 |
Metso Finland Oy Finland
Deliveries to register plants
Deliveries described in primary documents that name the plant and the scope – no prices.
| Supplier | Customer plant | Technology class | Scope of delivery | Year | State | Source (class, date) |
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| Continuus-Properzi S.p.A. | Lens – wire rod foundry and wire drawing plant Nexans France SAS · Lens, France | fire or electrolytic refining plant | Partnership agreement for a turnkey copper scrap refining installation (up to 80,000 t/y, up to 100% scrap) for rod production at the Nexans Lens site; operation announced from 2026. | 2024 | ordered | B Continuus-Properzi press release of 22.10.2024 on the agreement with Nexans concerning the Lens plant (PDF, properzi.com) 2024-10-22 |
| Metso Finland Oy | Pirdop – smelter and refinery Aurubis Bulgaria AD · Pirdop, Bulgaria | flash smelting furnace | New cooling elements and advisory services for the flash smelting furnace rebuild at the Aurubis Bulgaria copper smelter in Pirdop. | 2024 | ordered | B Komunikat prasowy Metso z 12.02.2024 o przebudowie pieca zawiesinowego Aurubis Bulgaria (metso.com) 2024-02-12 |
| Metso Finland Oy | Hamburg – smelter, refinery, rolling mill Aurubis AG · Hamburg, Germany | fire or electrolytic refining plant | Complete hydrogen-ready anode furnaces with hoods and auxiliary equipment for anode refining at the Aurubis plant in Hamburg; order booked in H1 2023. | 2023 | ordered | B Metso press release of 29.09.2023 on anode furnaces for the Aurubis smelter in Hamburg (metso.com) 2023-09-29 |
| Fives Solios | Agios Nikolaos – primary aluminium smelter Metlen · Agios Nikolaos, Greece | smelter and casthouse off-gas treatment plant | Fume treatment centre (FTC) for the anode baking furnace at the Aluminium of Greece smelter, as part of the furnace upgrade; contract of March 2019 (Fives group press release of 20 February 2020; FTC – a Solios product). | 2019 | ordered | B Group website – announcement of 20.02.2020 on contracts for gas treatment centres (fivesgroup.com) 2020-02-20 |
| Metso Finland Oy | Rönnskär – smelter (electrolysis plant being rebuilt) Boliden Mineral AB · Skelleftehamn, Sweden | smelting and converting plant | Kaldo furnace for the expansion of the electronic scrap recycling facility at the Rönnskär smelter (capacity from 45,000 to 120,000 t/y); commissioning planned for end of 2011. | 2010 | ordered | B Outotec press release of 07.05.2010 on the delivery of a Kaldo furnace for Boliden (metso.com) 2010-05-07 |
| Metso Finland Oy | O/Huta Miedzi Głogów (Głogów I and II) KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. · Głogów, Poland | flash smelting furnace | Modernisation of the HM Głogów II flash smelting furnace: engineering, concentrate feeding equipment, auxiliary burners, waste heat boiler, automation and commissioning; start-up scheduled for August 2009. | 2008 | ordered | B Komunikat prasowy Outotec z 26.02.2008 o modernizacji huty miedzi KGHM (metso.com) 2008-02-26 |
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