Aurubis AG is a Germany-based company engaged in the production of primary copper and precious metals, the recycling of secondary raw materials and the processing of copper into final products. Its product portfolio comprises rod and specialty wire, such as cast rod, directly cast, oxygen-free copper rod and a variety of drawn products; shapes; industrial rolled products; architectural solutions for surfaces and facades; bars and profiles for the electro-technical industry; cathodes; precious metals, such as gold and silver, which are extracted from copper concentrates and secondary raw materials; sulfuric acid, iron silicate, selenium, and recycled copper, precious metal and other non-ferrous metal products. The Company also operates copper slitting service centers.

Sales Analysis. During the year ended September of 2019, sales at Aurubis AG were 10.76 billion Euro (US$11.93 billion). This is an increase of 3.3% versus 2018, when the company's sales were 10.42 billion Euro. Despite this increase, sales are still below the level achieved in 2017, when Aurubis AG reported sales of 11.04 billion Euro. The sales level in 2019 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2014, Aurubis AG had sales of 11.33 billion Euro. Sales of Others saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 30.3% in 2019, from 14.84 million Euro to 19.33 million Euro. Not all segments of Aurubis AG experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Flat Rolled Products fell 10.1% to 1.29 billion Euro.