Umicore has signed four long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with ENGIE and Storm to source renewable electricity from offshore and onshore wind turbines for its sites in Belgium. These combined with earlier signed PPAs, mean that the vast…
Umicore has developed a proprietary approach to battery recycling that is more effective, efficient, scalable, and sustainable than other techniques and processes. Pioneered in Belgium by our R&D team, this is the inside story of how we developed…
At Umicore, our R&D teams don’t only create new processes and products – their innovations also reduce the impact of our operations to protect land, water and air. A recent project at our Hoboken plant in Belgium converts harmful emissions of…
Earlier this year, Umicore marked a major milestone when we announced the industrialisation of manganese-rich HLM (high lithium, manganese) battery materials technology. Targeting commercial production for electric vehicles (EVs) in 2026, this…
Umicore posted a solid performance in the first half of 2023, demonstrating business resilience in a context of increasingly challenging market conditions since end 2022.
Ana Fonseca Nordang will join Umicore and the Management Board on September 1st. Anna brings over 20 years of international experience in various executive human resources roles.
We are all different, with different beliefs, backgrounds, preferences and mindsets that make us who we are, but we all strive to help build a better and more sustainable tomorrow. These differences empower our teams, bringing new ideas to the…
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…
The Provincial Institute of Hygiene (PIH) today announced the results of its six-monthly measurements of lead in blood among children living near the Umicore site in Hoboken. The average blood lead level of the children in the Moretusburg and…
Umicore has inaugurated today one of the world‘s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development.