METLEN Energy & Metals
METLEN Energy & Metals. is a leader in the Metallurgy industry. Operating the only vertically integrated bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum production unit in all of Europe with privately owned port facilities and the largest electricity cogeneration unit, METLEN Energy & Metals has dynamically entered the sector of recycled aluminum and zinc lead recycling.
“Aluminum of Greece” is the largest vertical producer of aluminum and alumina in the EU and one of the most robust growing industrial companies in Greece. Its international business activity is a driving force for the national economy, but also for the development of the Greek region. It has completed more than 50 years of operation and 15 years of development, with investments that exceed €600 million dedicated on the technological modernization of the facilities and the development of the factory’s production and efficiency. METLEN Energy & Metals aluminium plant is one of the strongest pillars of Greek industry and has established itself as one of the strongest players in the Metallurgy sector in the European Union, with an annual production capacity that exceeds 190,000 tons of aluminium and 860,000 tons of alumina.
Together with Delphi Distomon, which is the second largest producer of bauxite in Greece and by extension in Europe, annual production exceeds 570,000 tons of bauxite from underground construction sites alone.
The company’s focus on sustainability is reinforced by its subsidiary EP.AL.ME, which is the largest independent producer of recycled aluminum (recast)
Partner’s role in HAlMan
- METLEN Energy & Metals is WP5 leader
- Responsible for evaluation of products and by-products
- Organisation will focus on the evaluation of the produced, Mn-containing, aluminium alloys
- METLEN Energy & Metals will demonstrate in its hydrometallurgical pilot facilities the recovery of alumina from the slag produced in the HALMan process
METLEN Energy & Metals facilities