Umicore

Hoboken, Antwerp Province, Belgium

Industrial-scale pyro-hydro battery recycling with 95% metal recovery rates

Founded year

Not provided

Annual capacity

5k - 20k tonnes/year

Employees

Not provided

About Umicore

Umicore operates commercial battery recycling facility in Hoboken, Belgium, processing 7,000 tonnes annually (20,000 EV batteries). Uses pyro-hydro technology recovering lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper at 90-95% efficiency. Planning $525M expansion to 150,000 tonnes/year capacity (15x current size) for 2026.

Batteries accepted

Conditions Accepted

No known damage

Clean inventory with no declared incident history.

Impact damage

Material showing impact or structural damage.

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