Mining Magazine January 2015 | Page 34

AsSarel-Medet

The privately owned Bulgarian mining and processing company has not only been achieving success in business , but giving back to the local people through a strong focus on corporate social responsibility

Assarel-Medet Mining and Processing Complex is the first , biggest and leading company for open pit mining and processing of copper ores in Bulgaria , providing around 50 percent of the national production of the vital metal , copper .

The company is a main factor for the social and economic development and overall image of the municipality of Panagyurishte and the district of Pazardzhik , in Bulgaria . It has a definite significance for the Bulgarian economy , as one of the leading industrial organisations with an important contribution to the raw materials independence . Now over 1,300 people are working in the company and another 400 are employed in subsidiaries and joint ventures .
Assarel Concentrator Plant
34 January 2015