Umicore | Precious Metals Management

Join Umicore in Loyalist

Welcome to the gateway of exciting career prospects within Umicore at Loyalist Township! Our state-of-the-art plant is set to offer numerous skilled and permanent positions, contributing to the growth of our community and fostering additional job opportunities through strategic partnerships across the region and province. As we...

Protecting our Planet

Umicore is committed to environmental sustainability in all our facilities and processes. As a leading global supplier of low-carbon battery materials, Umicore is helping to drive global decarbonization through our unique role in the worldwide battery supply chain. We use responsibly sourced raw materials in our products and are committed to the...

Connecting with Our Neighbours Umicore is excited to become part of the fabric of the regional economy and community in the region we will soon call home. We genuinely care about the communities we operate in and are eager to build transparent and open dialogue with our neighbours in Loyalist Township. Umicore hosted a Meet & Greet with direct...

Engaging with Indigenous Peoples

Umicore is committed to undertaking respectful engagement with those Indigenous peoples upon whose territory we will be building and working. We have been actively educating ourselves on the rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada, as well as the Crown’s duty to consult, and our responsibility thereunder. We have and will continue to share...

Businesses Opportunities

The proposed plant is a complex facility that will require numerous goods and services throughout both construction and operation. While some equipment will be sourced internationally, with partners established through Umicore’s long history of global experience, we are also eager to explore opportunities with local partners

Our metals Here you can find brief descriptions of the history, physical properties and main active applications of the metals used by our various Business Units.

Did you know that manganese received its name from the Greek region of Magnesia? It is not found as a free element in nature, but it is often extracted in combination with minerals like iron. Although you may think that manganese is a pretty rare metal, it is very common in our daily life. We can find it in our stainless steel watches and in...

Did you know that lithium, although it is a metal, is so soft that it can be cut by a regular knife? Lithium is the lightest solid element in the periodic table. Although you may think that lithium is not very common, it is an important part of our daily lives. Umicore uses lithium when producing cathode active materials in rechargeable battery...

Throughout the Middle Ages miners in Germany occasionally found a brownish-red ore, which they called kupfernickel, after Nick, a spirit that haunted mines. The Swedish scientist Cronstedt managed to isolate the metal in 1751 and named it nickel. Nickel only began to arouse real interest when the USA started to use a Cu-Ni alloy for its coins...

Cobalt minerals have been used as pigments since ancient times. In the 15th century, miners in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) in central Europe used the term kobold for certain ores that were difficult to smelt and which, when roasted, produced toxic smokes. When melted together with sand, these roasted ores were converted into a blue glass...

Umicore's production plant for emission control catalysts is situated in Burlington, about 70 km to the southwest of Toronto, and employs about 200 people. Since the start in 1974, the plant enables automotive customers to build cars with cleaner exhaust system in compliance with the most stringent emission legislation. With more than 50...

Umicore's plant in Markham is a prominent supplier of precious metals products in grain, wire, sheet, rings and ring tube in gold, silver, platinum and palladium materials. Umicore is also a full-service refiner for precious metals for same metals from the Jewelry and Industrial markets. The company, originally established in 1914, is part of...