Aurubis’s shredding and smelting technology, punctuated by massive rotating furnaces installed by German supplier SMS, can separate copper and other metals from printed circuit boards and insulated copper wire, turning trash into treasure while using the resulting slag material to fuel up to half of the facility’s own fuel needs. “As Augusta positions itself as clean energy, EV battery and recycling hub, especially with the (Workforce Hub) designation from the Biden-Harris administration, we’re seeing more and more of these subsidiary companies coming in and investing from the international space, and we welcome that,” Ms. Cox told Global Atlanta.