Umicore | Precious Metals Management

Our business: precious metals and recycling Firmly rooted in our flexible and global business structure, we process a wide range of complex precious metals-bearing materials. We are a global leader in our field because we never cease to pinpoint the needs of our customers. We work according to your expectations by using innovative technology in...

Lead (Pb) Due to its excellent ability to store chemical energy (which, in turn, can be converted into electrical energy) lead rapidly became the leading energy storage material for batteries. Other applications are in construction, e.g. as PVC stabilisers and in TV-screens. Lead is easily recyclable. Today, 60% of the world's needs comes...

Mining industry

Umicore Precious Metals Refining has the capability to process complex concentrates while guaranteeing excellent recoveries on payable metals such as Ag, Au, Cu and Pb. Among others we process: complex concentrates that contain a combination of elements that would be difficult to process by conventional means. Any combination of Pb, Cu, Ag...

Incineration bottom ashes

Umicore PMR has the expertise and knowhow to carefully determine and extract the precious metals in complex, precious metals bearing materials.

Umicore Precious Metals Refining is specialized in sampling, assaying and refining complex, precious metals bearing materials. We can help you if you’re looking for a partner: - renowned for integrity and environmental leadership - with more than 130 years of experience in precious metals refining - applying best...

The Umicore Way expresses Umicore's commitment to responsible, proactive and transparent management of environmental issues and concerns. Umicore Precious Metals Refining regards caring for the environment as a strategic opportunity. Our refining facility complies with the European and even stricter Flemish legal environmental requirements....

Comprehensive and unique set-up based on innovative chemistry and metallurgy Our recycling operations are basically streamlined along two processes: The Precious Metals Operations (PMO) focus on fast throughput and maximized yields at optimized cost. They are fully tuned for the efficient refining of an extended range of complex and...

Indium (In) Indium was named after the blue-indigo color in its spectrum. The metal is not found in its native state, but is associated with lead and zinc in many ores. In the form of indium-tin-oxide (ITO), over 70% of indium consumption goes to transparent conductive coatings used in flat panel displays such as LCD-televisions, smart...

PM / PGM refineries

Umicore Precious Metals Refining has the unique capability to efficiently recover precious metals from all kinds of intermediates generated in primary PM/PGM-industry and PM/PGM-processing industry. These intermediates can originate from primary or from secondary metals processing, out of internal or of side-stream circuits. The manufacturing...

Other materials

Thanks to its specific metallurgical flowsheet, Umicore Precious Metals Refining can treat a large variety of complex, precious metals containing materials.

Umicore Precious Metals Refining is a highly sophisticated precious metals refining facility, able to recover up to 17 precious and other metals from over 500 000 tons of up to 200 different types of raw materials. Our unique metallurgical flowsheet is a combination of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processing steps. PMR works...

Health & Safety

The aim of is to create a zero accident workplace. Actions To achieve a zero accident workplace, we need to take several actions: create more tangible engagement of management improve communication structures as regards health & safety create transparent rules and efficient procedures set up efficient training and development...