Umicore Africa is a global materials technology and recycling group. They reduce harmful emissions, power the vehicles and technologies of the future, and give new love to used metals. Their sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils their mission: Material for a better life. Umicore goes back more than 200 years. It started with the coming together of a number of mining and smelting companies, which gradually evolved into the material technology and recycling company Umicore is today.