Zlatitsa

Zlatitsa ( also written as Zlatitca, Zlatica, Bulgarian Златица ) is a Bulgarian town. It is located 79 kilometers east of the capital Sofia and removed one to two kilometers from the sister city Pirdop. Zlatitsa is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality. Until the early 1990s, the cities Zlatitsa and Pirdop were a common town called Srednogorie ( Средногорие ).

The city is located in the Zlatitsa level ( Bulg Златишко поле ), which protects against strong winds and provides a relatively mild climate.

Economy

The largest employer in the city and the region is Aurubis Bulgaria AD (formerly Cumerio Med, Umicore Med and MDK Pirdop ), which belongs to the Aurubis AG since 2008 only major copper producer in Bulgaria. Since privatization in 1997, 350 million euros were invested in the development of the work, of which around 80 million euros in environmental protection measures to meet EU environmental standards. This allowed the specific dust emissions by 90 % and the specific CO2 emissions by 54%. In October 2008, a new, ultra-modern plant for cleaning copper by electrolysis with a capacity of 180,000 tonnes of copper cathode per year was put into operation.

Aurubis Bulgaria also produces about 1 million tons of sulfuric acid per year and employs nearly 800 people. The large fireplace of the copper smelter is 325 meters high and together with the chimneys of the brown coal power stations of Maritza East the tallest structure in Bulgaria.

Place in Sofia Province

Vehicle registration plates of Bulgaria Dragoman, Bulgaria Elin Pelin (town) Godech Ihtiman

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