Ellatzite-Med AD is one of the largest copper mining companies in Bulgaria, dealing mainly with extraction and processing of copper porphyry gold-bearing ores from Ellatzite deposit. The extracted ore is transported from Ellatzite open-pit mine located near the town of Etropole to the Flotation Complex in Mirkovo village on a 6.5 km underground rubber-belt conveyor line which was driven beneath Stara Planina Mountain.

It is a structural-determinant enterprise in Bulgarian economy and one of the largest investors and taxpayers. The company employs more than 2,000 full-time workers and employees, most of whom are local residents.

Over the years, various programmes have been elaborated for ensuring the long-term operation of the company and for improving the financial and technical parameters of copper ore extraction and processing. Today Ellatzite mine ranks among the top copper-producing companies with the largest production capacities in Europe. The implementation of new projects and substantial investments in capital construction and technological equipment guarantee sustainable operation of the mine complex in strict compliance with the relevant health, safety and environment regulations.   

For more information about safety measures and rules of conduct in case of accident on the territory of Ellatzite Flotation Complex, please click here.

Ellatzite-Med owns an explosives plant where emulsion and packaged explosives are produced under American license. For more information about the planned safety measures and methods of actions in case of accident on the territory of Ellatzite Explosives Plant at the Ore Mining Complex, please click here.

Ellatzite-Med also operates a molybdenum concentrate production plant.

The successful development of Ellatzite-Med AD and the voluntary commitments of the company towards the society have strengthened its position as one of the major factors for social and economic advancement of the municipalities of Etropole and Srednogorie region.

CERTIFICATES

Ellatzite-Med AD has been certified according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 50001:2018. Please click here to review the Announcement to Interested Parties regarding the commitment of Ellatzite-Med to quality management, environmental protection, occupational health and safety as well as energy management in compliance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 50001:2018.

For more information about the Integrated Management System (IMS) implemented by Ellatzite-Med, please click here.

The company has also obtained conformity certificates according to the standards ISO/IEC 17025:2018 (Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories) and ISO/IEC 17020:2018 (Conformity assessment – Inspection). The company is also certified according to the standards for production and control at Mial Quarry: BDS EN 12620+A1:20082008 (Aggregates for Concrete), BDS EN 13043+AC: 2005 (Aggregates for Bituminous Mixtures and Surface Treatments of Roads, Airfields and Other Trafficked Areas, BDS EN 13242 + A1: 2007 (Aggregates for Unbound and Hydraulically Bound Materials for Use in Civil Engineering Work and Road Construction), BDS EN 13450+AC:2005 (Aggregates for Railway Ballast).

MEMBERSHIP

Ellatzite-Med is a member of:

• Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology
• Scientific and Technical Union of Mining, Geology and Metallurgy
• Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
• Srednogorie Industrial Cluster

CONTACTS

Flotation Plant
Mirkovo 2086, Sofia Region, Bulgaria

M.Eng. Dragomir Draganov
Executive Director
tel.: +359 2 923 77 12
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M.Eng. Ivan Kunchev
Director of Flotation Complex
tel.: +359 2 923 77 27
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Diana Darzhikova
Financial Director
tel.: +359 2 923 77 38
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Milena Hristova
Human Resources Director
tel.: +359 2 923 77 15
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Desislava Atanasova
Commercial Director
tel.:  +359 2 923 77 17
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Todor Ivanov
Communications manager
tel.: +359 2 902 1333
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Records Department
tel.: +359 2 923 77 00
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Ellatzite Mine Complex
Etropole 2180, Sofia Region, Bulgaria
B.Eng. Ivaylo Nikolov
Director of Ellatzite Mine Complex
tel.: +359 2 923 76 72
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