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Umicore, a circular materials technology company, and Nano One® Materials Corp. (“Nano One”), a clean technology company, announce the signing of a non-exclusive Joint Development Agreement (JDA) on production process technologies for cathode…

A study conducted by GreenImpact, supported by federal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet, shows enormous potential for the recycling and reuse of batteries for electric vehicles. Minister Gilkinet wants to do…

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…

DESTINY stands for Doctorate program on Emerging Battery Storage Technologies Inspiring Young Scientists. The vision of the program is of inventing the sustainable batteries of the future, providing European industry with disruptive technologies…

Umicore and PowerCo, Volkswagen’s battery company, aim to extend their collaboration in battery materials and are exploring a strategic long-term supply agreement to serve PowerCo’s future battery Gigafactory for electric vehicles (EVs) in North…

Umicore has successfully completed the issue of a fixed-rate, sustainability linked US Private Placement Notes for a total principal amount of € 591 million equivalent. The Notes, which were placed with more than 15 institutional investors, attract…

Umicore announces that the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has validated the group’s intermediate greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 as science-based and aligned with the United Nations’ Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature…

We deliver sustainable solutions to address global megatrends. Umicore products and services accelerate global mobility transformation, cater for the growing need for advanced materials and enable even greater circularity for critical metals.

Stefan has been working here at Umicore for over 40 years. He has been the laboratory manager of the chemical laboratories of Agosi in Pforzheim for 16 years and he is one of the founding members of the running group. Before joining this group, he…

Working for a growing company can be exciting but also demanding. At Umicore, performance and wellbeing go hand in hand. A webinar on turning stress into resilience was organized on the ‘Focus on Women’ platform a Umicore bottom-up initiative.

Have you heard about Evelien De Wilde? She has been selected for the Inspiring Fifty Belgium 2022 award, as one of the Top Fifty women in Belgian Tech!

Umicore and PowerCo, the new battery company of the Volkswagen Group, announced today the founding of a joint venture for precursor and cathode material production in Europe.