# Umicore

Group identifier: 529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61 (LEI of the parent company)  
Ultimate owner: Umicore (LEI 529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person  
Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (relacje „kto jest właścicielem kogo”), rekord LEI 529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61  
Data as of: 2026-10-19, version 2.26  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/umicore

## At a glance

Umicore – 3 companies in the register with 3 plants in 2 countries (most: Belgium 2, Finland 1). Metals of the plants: copper, nickel, cobalt, germanium. Main links of the chain: smelting and refining – 2 plants; recycling – 1 plant. The parent company Umicore has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person. Largest full capacity in a single stage: recycling (copper) – 36 kt Cu/rok, 1 operating plant (no ownership shares in plants).

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 2 | ferroalloy and alloying-metal smelter 1; refinery 1 |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 1 | recycling 1 |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Belgium | 2 |
| Finland | 1 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

| Metal | Stage | Full capacity | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| copper | recycling | 36 | kt Cu/rok | 1 |

## Group structure

- **Umicore** (corporate group; 529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61)
  - [Umicore](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/umicore.md) (parent company; Belgium; LEI 529900F3AIQECS8ZSV61; Business register 0401.574.852; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - Hoboken – huta metali szlachetnych (Cu ubocznie) (Antwerpia (Hoboken), Belgium) – plant; recycling; operating; Capacity: 36 kt Cu/rok; class B
  - [Umicore Cobalt & Specialty Materials](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/umicore-cobalt-specialty-materials.md) (company; Belgium; register · C)
    - Olen (Olen, Belgium) – plant; ferroalloy and alloying-metal smelter; operating; class B
  - [Umicore Finland](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/umicore-finland.md) (company; Finland; LEI 529900FCSQYOM4TY6L36; Business register 2533186-9; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - Kokkola (Kokkola, Finland) – plant; refinery; operating; class B

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

| Metal | Stage | capacity / output | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| copper | recycling | 36 (capacity) | kt Cu/rok | 1 |

## Flow analyses

“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.

- [EU Copper Flow Analysis](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [Kuusakoski Oy](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/kuusakoski-oy.md) – in common: copper; smelting and refining, recycling; Finland
- [Derichebourg](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/derichebourg.md) – in common: copper, nickel; smelting and refining, recycling
- [Grupa Elemental](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/grupa-elemental.md) – in common: copper, nickel; smelting and refining, recycling
- [Stena Metall Group](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/stena-metall-group.md) – in common: copper; smelting and refining, recycling

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 0, B 3, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 3 / 3 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-08)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 2 of 3; group as recorded: 1 of 3; companies with an LEI: 2 of 3
- Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.