Equipment and related services to a copper smelter modernisation and sulphuric acid plant in Samsun, Turkey

Exporter: Outotec (Finland) Oy
Guarantee Holder: ING Bank N.V.
Lenders: ING Bank and Bayerische Landesbank
Buyer: Eti Bakir A.S.
Buyer’s country: Turkey
Export transaction/project: Equipment and related services to a copper smelter modernisation and sulphuric acid plant in Samsun, Turkey
Credit amount: EUR 31.7m 
Credit period: 10 years
Project classification: B
Environmental Information: Modernisation of a copper smelter increasing the production capacity by circa 150%. The main items of Finnvera’s environmental and social review were emissions to air and discharge of the cooling water heat energy to the Black Sea. The project improves the energy efficiency of the plant and reduces the emissions to the air.
International standards applied in benchmarking: IFC Performance Standards and relevant EHS Guidelines
Contact point: environment (at) finnvera.fi
Information published: 20 July 2015