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Umicore N.V., known as Union Minière before 2001, is a Belgian multinational materials technology company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Factories operated by the Union Minière du Haut Katanga in Lubumbashi, Belgian Congo, 1917.
Umicore's precious metals facility in Hoboken, Belgium.
The Umicore-sponsored Umicar Infinity, participating in the 2007 World Solar Challenge.
Union Minière du Haut-Katanga was a mining company active in Belgian Congo and especially its Katanga Province. It controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region, now part of the
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…Belgium. It was formed in 1989 by the merger of four companies in the mining and smelting industries, including the Union Minière known before 1968 as Union Minière du Haut Katanga. It has since reshaped itself into a more technology-focused business encompassing such areas as the refining and recycling of precious metals and the…
Former head office in Brussels from 1931 to 1994
Shinkolobwe mine
Mining by the Union Minière du Haut Katanga, 1922