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Loyalist Township Umicore is preparing to build a battery materials greenfield plant in Loyalist Township, which will be the first-of-its kind battery materials plant in North America. The plant will combine pCAM and CAM production and is expected to employ several hundreds of people. Umicore's ambition is to be a preferred employer in the...

Umicore Battery Materials Canada, part of Belgium-based Umicore Group, is preparing to build a battery materials production plant in Loyalist Township. This plant, the first of its kind in North America, will be a critical part of Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, and will bring environmentally sustainable economic growth to the region...

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...