John W. Franks (a), Thomas Hingant (b), Paul Vervoort (c)a - Umicore Electro-Optic Materials, Kinnoull Street, Dundee DD2 3ED, b - Umicore IR Glass, ZA du Boulais, 35690 Acigné, France; c - Umicore EOM NV, Watertorenstraat 33, B2250 Olen, Belgium;
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship has today announced a new partnership with Umicore - the Belgian materials technology and recycling group - as official battery recycling partner, to recycle the lithium-ion battery units and cells used...
Yesterday evening, 2 March, around 18:30 CET there was a fire in the lead refinery at Umicore’s plant in Hoboken, Belgium. The fire brigade of Antwerp extinguished the fire and nobody was hurt.
The lead refinery was shut down for maintenance when the fire broke out. A thorough investigation to identify the cause of the fire is...