Boliden AB

Boliden AB (publ) is an international mining and metals enterprise focused on the exploration, extraction, and refinement of both base and precious metals. Its operational footprint extends across Sweden, the Nordic region, Germany, the United Kingdom, the wider European continent, North America, and other global markets. The company organizes its activities into two core divisions: Business Area Mines and Business Area Smelters. Boliden actively seeks out deposits rich in diverse metals, including copper, zinc, nickel, lead, gold, silver, cobalt, tellurium, platinum, and palladium. Its major mining assets comprise Aitik, the Boliden Area, and Garpenberg in Sweden; the Tara mine situated in Ireland; and Finland's Kevitsa mines. Boliden's extensive product range includes essential metallic forms such as zinc and lead ingots, copper cathodes, gold bars, and silver granules. Additionally, it manufactures sulphuric acid and concentrates of copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. The company also produces a variety of by-products, among them copper sulphate, zinc clinker, iron sand, copper telluride, selenium, nickel matte, crude nickel sulphate, and concentrates containing palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium. The company primarily supplies its refined metals to a broad spectrum of industrial clients, serving critical sectors like construction, electronics, and automotive manufacturing, as well as paper producers. Boliden AB (publ), founded in 1924, maintains its corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.