Battery to BatteryClosing the battery loop

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Closing the battery loop …

Batteries are essential to our modern lifestyle. HEV, EV, Mobile phones, Pda’s, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptop computers, etc. make our lives convenient because of instant power supplied by rechargeable batteries. As we continue to enhance our lives with portable devices, battery disposal is becoming an environmental challenge.

Umicore is one of the top market leaders in advanced prod-ucts for rechargeable batteries, derived from Nickel and Cobalt in particular.

We serve our customers with key materials for the three generations of rechargeable batteries (Li-ion, Li-polymer and NiMH).

In this regard Umicore is also able to close the loop: end-of-life Li-ion, Li-polymer and NiMH batteries can be recycled using our Umicore process – technology developed in-house. Facilities are located in Hoboken and Olen, Belgium.

… using the best available technologies

Umicore Battery Recycling offers a truly Closed Loop for battery materials!

Umicore has more than a hundred years of experience in metallurgy. By combining a unique pyrometallurgical treatment and a state-of-the-art hydro-metallurgical process, we can recycle all kinds of rechargeable batteries found in portable electronic devices (mobile phones, laptops, Pda’s…) and industrial applications (electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles…)

The Umicore pyrometallurgical phase converts the used batteries into a metal alloy, without any potentially hazardous pre-treatment. The gas cleaning tech-nology guarantees that all organic com-

pounds are fully decomposed and that no harmful dioxins or volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) are produced.

In the subsequent hydrometallurgical process, the metals are separated and eventually converted into active cath-ode materials for the production of new rechargeable batteries.

In addition, thanks to Umicore’s world wide pres-ence and longstanding experience in transport-ing waste materials across frontiers, we are in a unique position to:

and transport logistics

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Li-Ion & NiMH batteries

Umicore technology

Recycling plant

Portableelectronics

(Hybrid) electric vehicle

Clean Air

An internationally recognized process

Umicore has developed an innovative recycling techno- logy that allows the treatment of complex materials such as Lithium Ion and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries used in port-able consumer electronics and Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. Also process scrap from the related rechargeable battery industry is recycled. The UHT technology is a key enabler pushing the boundaries for recycling and sets a new standard in Best Available Technology for metallurgical recycling pro-cesses. UHT technology is designed to treat large volumes of different types of metal based complex waste streams. UHT technology allows a higher metal recovery compared to existing processes and generates marketable metal based products. In addition, the UHT technology minimizes the con-sumption of energy and CO2 emissions while maximizing heat recovery to produce energy.

CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION AND RECYCLING

Umicore delivers to its suppliers for every recycled lot of end-of-life batteries, a Certificate to comply with legal requirements and support its suppliers in their efforts to preserve the natural resources and the environment.

BATTERY RECYCLING PROCESS FLOW SHEETCertified green recycling

Jan Tytgat,Manager Recycling Solutions

M. Guy Ethier,Senior Vice-President Environment Health & Safety

Recycling Solutions

Battery to Battery

Thank you for conserving valuable natural resources and contributing to the preservation of our environment.

Umicore is a materials technology group. Its activities are centered on four business areas: Advanced Materials, Precious Metals

Products and Catalysts, Precious Metals Services and Zinc Specialties. Each business area is divided into market-focused business units.

We focus on application areas where our expertise in materi-als science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a real differ-

ence, be it in products that are essential to everyday life or those at the cutting edge of new technological developments.

Our target of sustainable value creation is based on our ambi-tion to develop, produce and recycle materials and offer material

solutions, in line with our mission:

MATERIALS FOR A BETTER LIFE

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recycling

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solutions

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… a perfect fit with the Umicore Way

… a global presence

UmicoreHead OfficeBroekstraat 31 rue du MaraisB-1000 Brussels , Belgiumwww.umicore.com

Umicore Battery RecyclingA. Greinerstraat 14B-2660 Hoboken , Belgiumwww.batteryrecycling.umicore.combatteryrecycling@umicore.com

Tel. : +32 3 821 62 35 +32 3 821 72 34 +32 3 821 72 33Fax : +32 3 821 78 09