August 26, 2021 - On August 26, 2021, the handover of Weser-Metall to Glencore was successfully completed. As part of the Glencore Group, the company is given a new name: Nordenham Metall GmbH. This means that Nordenhamer Zinkhütte (NZH) and Nordenham Metall GmbH (NMG) are reunited under one roof after almost 20 years. Together they are "Glencore Nordenham".  "I would like to thank everyone involved and partners who have contributed to the success of this acquisition," says Koen Demesmaeker, site manager at Glencore Nordenham. “By entering the tradition-rich Nordenham location, we are strengthening our lead division and expanding our competencies for the European market. We will start the integration process immediately.”  The takeover of NMG not only offers new opportunities for jobs. The first projects for improved environmental protection have already been launched: "We're not waiting: we're starting!", says Nordenham Metall Managing Director Dr. Ulrich Kerney. With the closing, the first integration projects with the colleagues from Zinkhütte are already under way. Being in the immediate vicinity of the Nordenham zinc works gives us great advantages for our new start in the Glencore group. The exchange was already very intensive in the closing phase.”  The parent company Glencore will not only invest in the modernization of Nordenham Metall, but will also merge the zinc and lead smelters organizationally. Glencore has developed a concept for the future of the site that envisages the extensive integration of both companies into an efficient production site for zinc and lead. For Rainer Wahlers, who has been managing director of the Zinkhütte for many years, this is a great opportunity for both companies: “We will do everything we can to ensure that the two companies grow together as quickly as possible. Nordenhamer Zinkhütte has been part of Glencore for many years and is therefore very familiar with the processes and corporate culture of the group. We will use this experience.  In the past, the huts changed hands several times. The deepest turning point came in 2003, when the zinc division was sold to the Glencore subsidiary Xstrata and the smelters were operated separately from then on. With the takeover of Weser-Metall by Glencore, the lead and zinc works are now reunited under one roof after almost 20 years: together they are "Glencore Nordenham".