⛏️ Asarel-Medet JSC has a 60-year history and is among the few mining companies in the world that effectively process copper ores with an average copper grade of 0.27%. This value is two to three times lower than the usual global mining practice and almost two times lower than the initial Asarel mine plan.
🌱 Thanks to the vision of long-term sustainable development, the team's expertise and the company's investments of around 1 billion Euro across seven strategic programs, the mine life has been extended by nearly two decades compared to the original design.
🏭 The company processes up to 15 million tonnes of copper ore annually and a total of about 45 million tonnes of ore, producing copper flotation concentrate and copper cathodes.
🏆 Asarel-Medet JSC is a three-time winner of the Investor of the Year award from the Bulgarian Investment Agency and a two-time winner of the Innovative Enterprise of the Year award.
🔬 Asarel-Medet JSC is the only representative of the Bulgarian business in the research projects for the technologies of the future in mining named X-Mine, AGEMERA and OPTIMAL MINE.
✅ Asarel-Medet JSC is the first Bulgarian company in the heavy industry to implement an integrated management system according to international standards for quality, environmental protection and occupational safety in 2003.
📈 Asarel-Medet JSC is among the largest industrial investors in Bulgaria and is consistently among the 100 largest non-financial enterprises in the country by sales revenue.
📍 Asarel-Medet JSC is the only representative of the Panagyurishte municipality in the K100 and First in Business rankings.
👷 The company is among the top 3 employers in the mining industry and is the largest employer in the municipality of Panagyurishte.
👥 Asarel-Medet JSC provides employment to nearly 1.2 thousand people, which is 6.1% of all those employed in the mining industry in the country and 18.6% of those employed in the mining of non-ferrous and precious metals.
🥇 The company has a leading position in the mining industry in the country, high added value along the value chain and a significant contribution to the development of the Panagyurishte municipality.
💰 The full impact of the Asarel Group's activities on the domestic demand in the national economy in the period 2014-2023 is 6.2 billion BGN. This includes nearly 4 billion BGN in direct impacts on related production and services and on household disposable income. Indirect or secondary impacts along the value chain in related industries of suppliers and contractors in the country, as well as additional effects from the consumption of employees, reach another 2.2 billion BGN.