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- Befesa S.A. (BFSA.DE) is a Luxembourg-based provider of sustainable environmental recycling services to the steel and aluminum industries; it specializes in the collection, treatment, and recycling of hazardous residues such as crude steel dust generated in electric arc furnace (EAF) production of crude, stainless, and galvanized steel; salt slags and spent potlinings (SPL) from secondary aluminum production; and other related industrial wastes including waelz oxide sales to zinc smelters and secondary aluminum alloy production. The company operates through two primary segments, Steel Dust Recycling Services and Aluminium Salt Slags Recycling Services, offering full-service solutions that encompass logistics, waste treatment, and recovery of valuable materials for reintroduction into production processes; it serves secondary producers in regulated markets with a focus on circular economy principles. Befesa maintains strategic facilities across Europe, Asia, and North America, including key sites in Germany, Spain, France, the US (such as Palmerton, Pennsylvania), China, and South Korea; founded in 1987, it is headquartered at 68-70 Boulevard de la Pétrusse in Luxembourg City.
In recent developments, Befesa acquired full ownership of its French steel dust recycling joint venture Recytech S.A. from Recylex S.A. in June 2024 for €40 million, marking a key milestone in its sustainable global growth plan (SGGP) and enhancing EAF dust capacity in Europe. The company extended its debt maturity to 2029 in July 2024, supporting ongoing expansions; it nears completion of the Palmerton plant refurbishment in the US, boosting steel dust capacity from 163 kilotons to 220 kilotons by late 2025, and advances the Bernburg, Germany project to increase aluminum alloy output from 75 kilotons to 135 kilotons by mid-2026. Befesa reported resilient H1 2025 results with adjusted EBITDA up 9% to €112 million and net profit doubling to €40 million, reaffirming full-year 2025 guidance of €240-265 million amid higher EAF dust volumes; it targets net leverage below 2.5x by year-end.