MENY This web site uses cookies to enhance your experience. Please accept to get rid of this banner. Read more OK SMELTERS Boliden Harjavalta Operations Smelters Boliden Harjavalta One of the most efficient copper and nickel producers in the world Boliden Harjavalta is located in south west Finland, close to the port on the Baltic Sea. The smelter’s main products are copper, nickel, gold and silver, as well as by-products such as sulphuric acid. Boliden Harjavalta is unique – our smelter is the only nickel smelter in Western Europe. At the smelter, nickel matte is produced in one single step thanks to the best and latest technology. Harjavalta also has among the lowest sulphur dioxide emissions per produced tonne of nickel compared to other nickel smelters around the world. The raw materials consist of concentrates and recycled metals. Boliden's two mines in Finland – Kylylahti and Kevitsa – provide the smelter with concentrates. Concentrates are also purchased from external mines. HARJAVALTA IN FIGURES Established: 1936 Acquired: 2004 Operating profit: 707 SEK m (2017) Average number of employees: 530 DID YOU KNOW THAT… Copper is beautiful, extremely corrosion-resistant and easy to work. Copper also has antibacterial qualities. It conducts electricity and heat excellently and it is recyclable practically forever. Uses of copper include electronic equipment, buildings, tubes, wires, cables and coins. BOLIDEN HARJAVALTA PRODUCTION, 2017 Copper: 133 ktonnes Nickel: 25 tonnes Sulphuric acid: 677 ktonnes Silver: 66 380 kg Gold: 4 667 kg CONTACT US Boliden Harjavalta Teollisuuskatu 1, FIN-29200 Harjavalta +358 2 535 8111 info.harjavalta@boliden.com See map ADRESS PORI Copper Refinery Pori Kuparitie 5, FIN-28330 Pori info.harjavalta@boliden.com LINKS & DOCUMENTS More about copper More about nickel More about gold More about silver A smelter with a long tradition Boliden Harjavalta goes back a long way in Finnish industrial history. It began operations in Eastern Finland back in 1936. In 1944, during the Second World War, the business and per-sonnel were moved to Harjavalta and the first copper casting was made only six months later in 1945. The copper refinery started operation in Pori in 1941. An entirely new, revolutionary energy-efficient flash smelting method for copper concentrates was developed in Harjavalta and introduced in 1949. The flash smelting method has been un-der continuous development over the years, and is today the most widely used smelting method for copper concentrates in the world. Ten years later, the smelter in Harjavalta was also the first in the world to begin flash smelting nickel concentrates. Boliden Bergsöe One of Europe’s largest recyclers of lead batteries Boliden Harjavalta One of the most efficient copper and nickel producers in the world Boliden Kokkola Europe's second biggest zinc producer Boliden Odda Major zinc and zinc alloy producer Boliden Rönnskär A world leader in recycling electronics Exploration Mines Smelters Products Contact Boliden Head Office Boliden Group Klarabergsviadukten 90 P.O. Box 44, SE-101 20 Stockholm Tel: + 46 8 610 15 00 Fax: + 46 8 654 80 90 Departments Metal Sales and By-products Concentrate Sales Procurement of Primary and Secondary Raw materials Procurement of Logistics, Products & Services Boliden Smelters Boliden Bergsöe Boliden Harjavalta Boliden Kokkola Boliden Odda Boliden Rönnskär Boliden Mines Boliden Aitik Boliden Garpenberg Boliden Kevitsa Boliden Kylylahti Boliden Tara Mines The Boliden Area Boliden Marketing Offices Stockholm Germany England Denmark Site Map | Data Privacy | Dictionary | RSS | Follow Us On LinkedIn © 2018 Boliden Group