Aurubis AG engages in the production of metal concentrates, scrap metals, and organic and inorganic metal-bearing recycling raw materials. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Hamburg and currently employs 7,011 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2008-02-25. The firm is engaged in the production of primary copper and precious metals, the recycling of secondary raw materials and the processing of copper into final products, it processes metal concentrates, scrap metals and metal-bearing recyclable raw materials. Its product portfolio comprises rod and specialty wire, such as cast rod, directly cast, oxygen-free wire (Foxrod) and a variety of drawn products; shapes; industrial rolled products; architectural solutions for surfaces and facades; bars and profiles for the electro-technical industry; cathodes; precious metals, such as gold and silver, which are extracted from copper concentrates and secondary raw materials; sulfuric acid, iron silicate, selenium, and recycled copper, precious metal and other non-ferrous metal products. The firm also operates copper slitting service centers.