Circular Copper
Sustainability without Waste
May 26th 2021
Who / What / Why | 1 |
Our purpose is responsibly sourcing the commodities that advance everyday life |
Glencore is a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities, with worldwide activities in the production, processing, refining, third party procurement, storage and transport of those products
Metals & Minerals | Energy | Marketing | |
Copper | Cobalt | Coal | |
Nickel | Zinc/Lead | Oil | |
Ferroalloys | Aluminium | ||
Iron Ore |
60 | c.150 | $215 bn |
commodities | sites | revenue |
35 | 30+ | $11.6 bn |
countries | marketing | adj. EBITDA |
offices |
Recycling
Our business model | 2 |
Fully integrated supply chain, from industrial assets, to marketing, all the way to the customer… and back!
Driving the circular economy in the resources sector | 3 |
By responsibly and safely recycling electronics, and recovering Copper and Precious Metals, we are diverting materials from landfills and minimizing environmental impacts by providing these key commodities a second (or third) life
- Recycling for close to 75 years
- Processing electronics was pioneered by our Horne Smelter in the 80s
- Processed more than 1 million tons of circuitry and components from end-of-life electronics
- Last year alone we recovered roughly 27,000 tons of Copper, 132,000 Oz of Gold, 1.3 million Oz of Silver, 16,000 Oz of Palladium, and 5,000 Oz of Platinum from recyclable input feeds
- Copper produced from recyclable sources has c.80% lower emissions vs. mined copper (considering the entire Copper production cycle)
- Helped define and launch the Circular Electronics Partnership for facilitating more circularity in the electronics industry
Glencore is one of the largest processors of end-of-life electronics in the World, and the largest in North America
We recycle a wide range of complex materials | 4 |
Focused on the difficult to handle materials from the Urban Mine
Electronics
"E-waste is expected to grow from 53.6 MM tons in 2019 to 74.7 MM tons by 2030" - U.N. E-Waste Monitor Report 2020
Copper Scrap
About 1/3rd of US Copper Supply comes from scrap - ISRI 2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook
Smelter Grade
Everything else: residues , copper sludge, slag, skimmings, hydroxides, filter cakes, copper scale, copper oxide, copper filter paper, copper fines, dust, catalysts, etc.
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