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Umicore announces strategic supply agreement with Samsung SDI for NMC cathode materials

Umicore has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Samsung SDI for the supply of close to 80,000 metric tonnes of high-performance NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) cathode materials starting in 2020. The cathode materials will be supplied from Umicore plants in different regions with the majority of volumes initially produced in Korea. A...

Umicore in Korea
My EV & Me: Umicore colleagues share their tips on driving electric
With the acceleration of carbon free mobility, electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the important trends driving our business. But what’s it really like to drive one? We speak to some Umicore colleagues with first-hand experience with Umicore's company car leasing policy, which only offers electrified vehicles in Belgium, the biggest in the Group...
Battery Materials
My EV & Me: Umicore colleagues share their tips on driving electric
With the acceleration of carbon free mobility, electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the important trends driving our business. But what’s it really like to drive one? We speak to some Umicore colleagues with first-hand experience with Umicore's company car leasing policy, which only offers electrified vehicles in Belgium, the biggest in the Group...
Regional website Canada
When your phone stops ringing
Umicore recycles cell phones . We extract the most valuable metals at the highest efficiency and their purest form, so they can be reused in new applications.
When your phone stops ringing

Old cell phones are a valuable source of raw materials. By recycling and reusing the metals from these devices, we can reduce our ecological footprint and contribute to a sustainable planet.  Over the past decades, the cell phone has evolved from rare to indispensable. The number of cell phone users has increased exponentially...

Battery Recycling Solutions
Cobalt powering the green economy
Metals and minerals are considered as the new drivetrain and the future to decarbonize mobility. One of the most notable metals to help in this is cobalt.
Immediate protection for high-quality final finishes
Our high-quality protective coatings give your decorative and technical products specific protection and quality advantages without influencing the characteristics of the precious metal surface. Overview of all protective layers highlights application area The perfect protective layer for your product depends on many factors in addition to...
Metal Deposition Solutions
Umicore completes € 591 million sustainability linked private debt placement
Umicore has successfully completed the issue of a fixed-rate, sustainability linked US Private Placement Notes for a total principal amount of € 591 million equivalent1. The Notes, which were placed with more than 15 institutional investors, attract interest both from investors who participated in Umicore’s 2017 and 2019 placements as well as new...
Umicore in Finland
GDPR
Umicore Privacy Notice Online Webcast The shareholders’ meeting of the limited liability company Umicore, Broekstraat 31 rue du Marais, 1000 Brussels (“Umicore”) can be followed online via a live stream. To enable us to give you access to this live stream, appropriately secure the live stream and have a view on the attendees, Umicore requests...
Umicore enters into exclusive negotiations with Fedrus International for the sale of its Building Products activities

Umicore announced today that it has received a binding offer from Fedrus International, a Belgian-based producer and distributor of building materials, to acquire its Building Products activities which trade under the brand name VMZINC. Based on this binding offer, Umicore has decided to pursue exclusive negotiations with Fedrus International....
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As up to now, you may eventually think as a customer. Or as a prospective customer: Let’s see what Umicore can offer. But no matter whether as a customer or a prospective customer – everyone has its own preferred ways to get informed, to operate and to communicate. And of course, also in the business sector, you want companies to open up for...
Metal Deposition Solutions
Material Segregation
Securing reliable values with RJC-CoC certified recycled precious metals.
Precious Metals Management