Revenues were stable compared to the same period in 2012. The revenue growth in Catalysis, Energy Materials and Performance Materials was offset by lower revenues in Recycling as a result of lower metals prices. Cashflows remained strong and net debt decreased further in the quarter.

Umicore has carried out an extensive...

Umicore has informed its listed subsidiary Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG (“Agosi”) that it intends to purchase the 8.8 % shares it does not yet own from Agosi’s minority shareholders through a merger squeeze-out in accordance with German law. To determine the cash compensation for Agosi’s minority...

Umicore announces that the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has validated the group’s intermediate greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 as science-based and aligned with the United Nations’ Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 or well below 2 degrees Celsius this century.

The SBTi validated Umicore’s...

Umicore today filed its response to the complaint filed by BASF / University of Chicago Argonne in the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). The complaint alleges that some Umicore NMC-type cathode materials used to fabricate cathode electrodes for power tool batteries infringe Argonne patents. Umicore’s response firmly...