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Aurubis investing EUR 40 million in H2-ready furnaces in the Hamburg plant

Investment volume of about € 40 million in preparations for using hydrogen instead of natural gas in metal processing, the copper producer announced. 

The multimetal and recycling specialist’s Hamburg plant will be one of the first copper smelters in the world to use hydrogen instead of natural gas for the reduction process in its anode furnaces.The conversion in the Hamburg plant will be carried out as part of the plant’s routine maintenance shutdown slated for spring 2024. In addition to decarbonizing production, the new furnaces will improve process flexibility as well.

Press release https://is.gd/X4z2d3

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