This morning there was a fire at a scrubber installation (unit that cleans the gases before they are emitted) in Umicore’s facility in Hoboken. The impacted installation was immediately evacuated and the employees were put to safety. No people were hurt. The installation is shut down, while the other departments keep track of their...

Umicore announced today that it has appointed An Steegen as its new Chief Technology Officer and as a member of its Executive Committee, succeeding Denis Goffaux who was appointed Executive Vice President, Energy & Surface Technologies earlier this year. She will join Umicore as of 1st October.

An has a PhD degree in Material Science...

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings Norges Bank has notified the FSMA and Umicore on 8 August 2018 that on 7 August 2018 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.11% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification on 8 August 2018:

The Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour honoured Umicore for its high quality job offering in Korea. Jee Jung-Seok, General Manager Rechargeable Battery Materials Korea, received the ‘Top 100 Best Business Company Certification’ from Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-Yeon at the award ceremony on 28 June in the Blue House in Seoul...

Most, 4 August 2018.

The Formula Electric Belgium team was in high spirits at the awards ceremony when receiving the 2018 First Prize for the design of Umicore Pulse at the Formula Student Competition in the Czech Republic. Building Umicore Pulse took the Belgian engineering students about nine months - from the first design to finishing...

As previously announced on 31 July 2018, the Board of Directors approved a gross interim dividend of € 0.35 per share (ISIN BE0974320526) - i.e. half of the dividend paid in respect of 2017 earnings. This represents a dividend of € 0.245 net of withholding tax.

The interim dividend will be paid out on...

On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001, as amended on 22 December 2016, implementing the Belgian Companies Code, Umicore announces the following share buy-back transactions on the regulated market Euronext Brussels.

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Revenues and recurring EBIT were up substantially compared to the same period last year driven predominantly by growing demand for Umicore’s cathode materials for rechargeable batteries used in automotive applications.

 Revenues of € 1.7 billion (+16% or +23% excluding discontinued operations)

The company was recognized in the Motor Systems category at the Annual Supplier Conference & Awards  

Umicore, one of the top partners of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the main manufacturer of automotive catalysts in Brazil, was recognized, for the second consecutive year as the best supplier in the category "Engine...

On the 31 July 2018 at 07:30 CET Umicore will publish its Half Year Results 2018.

An analyst and investor conference call will be held at 09:30 CET, during which Marc Grynberg (CEO) and Filip Platteeuw (CFO) will comment on the results. It will only be possible to attend this conference via conference call and...

On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001, as amended on 22 December 2016, implementing the Belgian Companies Code, Umicore announces the following share buy-back transactions on the regulated market Euronext Brussels.

Date of acquisition

Number of shares

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