Umicore

Umicore N.V., known as Union Minière before 2001, is a Belgian-French <a href="/facts/Multinational_corporation/qrMQSMTb">multinational</a> materials technology company headquartered in <a href="/facts/Brussels/tNzHrQYP">Brussels</a>, Belgium.
It was formed in 1989 by the <a href="/facts/Mergers_and_acquisitions/YfczSf3M">merger</a> of four companies in the <a href="/facts/Mining/g6uDIFab">mining</a> and <a href="/facts/Smelting/Ghdvhlga">smelting</a> industries, including the Union Minière known before 1968 as <a href="/facts/Union_Mini%25C3%25A8re_du_Haut_Katanga/UVGBJaVo">Union Minière du Haut Katanga</a>. It has since reshaped itself into a more <a href="/facts/Technology/9Uav5WVR">technology</a>-focused business encompassing such areas as the refining and recycling of <a href="/facts/Precious_metal/oUHuGgva">precious metals</a> and the manufacture of specialised products from precious metals, cobalt, <a href="/facts/Germanium/wtoALHGs">germanium</a>, <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a>, and other metals. The company has been a component of Belgium's benchmark <a href="/facts/BEL20/7zfhqx7J">BEL20</a> <a href="/facts/Stock_market_index/sEoyNPNV">stock market index</a> since its 1991 inception.

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