Boliden AB
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 1931 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Key people | Anders Ullberg (Chairman of the board), Jan Johansson (President and CEO) |
| Industry | Mining, smelting and recycling of metals |
| Products | Mined and smelted copper, zinc and other metals |
| Revenue | 20,441 million SEK (2005) |
| Employees | 4,530 |
| Website | http://www.boliden.com/ |
New Boliden is a Swedish mining and smelting company focusing on production of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver. Following a series of acquisitions during the 1980s and 1990s the company acquired mining and smelting assets of the Finnish mining and smelting company Outokumpu in 2003. Outokumpu acquired the subsidiary Boliden Contech and Boliden's copper and zinc divisions. As a consequence of the deal, Outokumpu ended up controlling 49 percent of the Boliden shares.
The company has approximately 4,500 employees. The name comes from the Boliden mine, some 30 km northwest of the Swedish town of Skellefteå, where gold was found in 1924. It was once Europe's largest and richest gold mine, but since 1967 the mine is defunct.
[edit] Media
The Aitik Copper Mine (a major mine within the company) was featured on a 2007 episode of the Discovery Channel series "Really Big Things".
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- New Boliden - Official site
- Boliden Zinc Mine train in Ireland
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