Umicore Precious Metals Refining operates as one of the world's largest precious metals recycling facilities. This business unit of Umicore is the world market leader in recycling complex waste streams containing precious and other non-ferrous metals.

They offer eco-efficient recycling and refining services for precious metal bearing materials such as by-products from other non-ferrous industries (e.g. drosses, mattes, speiss, anode slimes), consumer and industrial recyclable products (e.g. electronic scrap, spent auto catalysts , spent industrial catalysts, sweeps and bullions).

They recover and sell precious metals (silver, gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium), special metals (indium, selenium, tellurium), secondary metals (antimony, tin, bismuth) and base metals (lead, copper, nickel). They put them back in the cycle for a better life.

THEIR BUSINESS: PRECIOUS METALS AND RECYCLING

Firmly rooted in their flexible and global business structure, they process a wide range of complex precious metals-bearing materials. They are a global leader in their field because they never cease to pinpoint the needs of their customers. They work according to your expectations by using innovative technology in the process of recovering all the precious and base metals.

Building from their competence in metallurgy, chemistry and materials science, they seek out those markets and applications that will allowt them to respond with their differentiated products and services.

THEIR GOAL: LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH

They focus on business areas where they can attain recognized leadership positions that allow them to create value. They are committed to the growth of their business through the competence of their people, excellence in operations and technological innovation.

Their philosophy: sustainable value creation
They create value for their customers by offering them materials, products and services in a response to their specific needs. This way, they provide valuable assistance that allows them to develop their markets.

They create value for their people by providing equal opportunities for all to realize their full potential in a dynamic environment and by rewarding them based on competence and performance.

They create value for society by operating in an environmentally responsible manner and by delivering materials and services that are essential, both for everyday life as for technological progress.

They create value for their shareholders by professionally executing their strategies and thereby earning a return that consistently exceeds their cost of capital.

THEIR VALUES: TRUST AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLE

They expect integrity and trust, openness and creativity, fairness and respect from all employees. They treat everyone as such and see to it that they all treat each other as the equals that they are.

They work in teams to realize their goals. They communicate openly and with enthusiasm. They strive to provide opportunities for learning and personal growth.

They feel responsible for each other and do not compromise on occupational health and safety.

They strive to make it so that all of their people find pride, satisfaction and fun in their work, their home-away-from-home.