German copper producer Aurubis forces out executives after problems
Fraud and theft losses in the hundreds of millions of euros at Hamburg-based copper producer Aurubis have led the company to force out chief executive Roland Harings and two other members of the company's four-person executive board. The ousters were announced on Tuesday following a meeting of the Aurubis supervisory board. The executives needed to take responsibility for "the particular challenges Aurubis faced in the past fiscal year," according to a statement on Tuesday. The supervisory board