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Full Year Results 2020
Umicore announces record results and prepares for CEO succession Record earnings in unprecedented conditions

Despite the severe disruption brought by the COVID-19 pandemic in its end-markets, Umicore posted its strongest financial performance ever, boosted by an exceptional PGM price environment. This underscores Umicore’s resilience and...
Umicore intends to launch squeeze-out for remainder of Agosi shares

Umicore has informed its listed subsidiary Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG (“Agosi”) that it intends to purchase the 8.8 % shares it does not yet own from Agosi’s minority shareholders through a merger squeeze-out in accordance with German law. To determine the cash compensation for Agosi’s minority...
PFOS
Umicore doesn't discharge any PFOS towards the river Scheldt. PFOS is not a by-product of Umicore’s processes, neither it is used as a reagent in our processes.
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About Umicore Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Powering the cars of the future. Giving new life to used metals. We are the leading circular materials technology company fulfilling its mission to create materials for a better life. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do? About Cobalt & Specialty Materials Mastering the cobalt...
Sulfur Hexafluoride
Chemical Formula: SF6 Typical Detection Wavelength: 10.55µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Sulfur Hexafluoride has a number of industrial uses, particularly in the electrical industry where it is used as an insulating gas for high voltage circuit breakers and switchgear apparatus....
Mental wellbeing
Wellbeing is high on the agenda and a key priority in our Let’s go for Zero strategy. Our colleagues share valuable insights on how we make wellbeing a priority
New generation of sustainable batteries in Europe
Umicore is part of a consortium of German world-class leaders and market drivers, from industry and science, that is launching today the project ‘Battery Pass’.
Consensus & analyst coverage
Umicore mandated Vara Research to collect the consensus analysis, based on the estimates of all the participating financial analysts.
Our website comes in a new design
In order to ensure the clarity of our website and to improve it in some areas, we have made some fundamental changes to the structure and content. The purpose of these changes is to make it easier for you to navigate the website and get your information more quickly. We take you by the hand As part of the restructuring, the focus was on...
There’s more to life than work

According to a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), people between the ages of 18 and 65 spend about 1,800 hours a year at work. As the advantages are numerous , finding the right work-life balance is important not only to employees, but also to their employer. At Umicore, we support our employees to find a...
Myth #3 - There aren’t enough raw materials to mass-produce batteries
Another electromobility myth! Electric vehicles increasingly become part of our daily lives. Yet some people still have doubts. Read more on our website!
A new life
Through our refugee program in Hoboken, in collaboration with the OCMW institution in Belgium, we hire refugees to work at our site.