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Sustainability & CircularityRaw materials & energy 6 Nov 2026

Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has secondary tin supply chain audited by DEKRA

Tinplate maker Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has had its recycled tin supply chain independently audited by DEKRA for the first time, covering recovery partners Nederlandse Onttinningsfabriek and Aurubis Beerse. The company now sources 22% of its tin needs from recycled material, recovered from its own production scrap and from customers' tinplate offcuts.

Why this mattersThird-party verification of a 22% recycled-tin share gives can makers auditable secondary-material data and a closed loop for their own tinplate scrap.

  • Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein sources 22% of its tin requirement from recycled secondary tin
  • DEKRA audited the secondary tin supply chain for the first time
  • Audit covered Nederlandse Onttinningsfabriek, Europe's largest tinplate detinning plant, and Aurubis Beerse, which produces secondary tin of up to 99.99% purity
  • The company has used secondary tin for about five years, supported by its subsidiary DWR
  • Primary tin comes from long-term partners in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Thailand under EU Regulation 2017/821
  • Tin coating on tinplate is usually 1.0-11.2 g/m2
Thyssenkrupp Aurubis counterparty Nederlandse Onttinningsfabriek counterparty
Sources neue-verpackung.de DE
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Updates

  • 2026-11-08 · Edited before publication: The November 2025 supplier audit, the CO2 per tonne figures and the 2-3 kg tin per tonne of scrap are not in the source text supplied. Replaced with grounded facts.
  • 2026-11-08 · Edited before publication: 'As EU conflict-minerals and sustainability scrutiny increases' is not in the source; rewritten to grounded content.