Commercial services

Umicore Precious Metals Refining can act as a toll refiner, where the valuable metals contained in raw materials are credited to the refining customer's metal account, followed by a physical shipment, a repurchase or an account-to-account transfer. Make sure that your material is processed in the best way possible.

Umicore purchases metals recovered from your raw materials and uses our expertise to sell these at the best available market conditions.

As a refiner of 17 different metals, Umicore Precious Metals Refining sells a wide range of metals and products as refined metal, compound or unrefined intermediate, including precious, base and minor metals as well as derivate products. Umicore maintains a global presence through its sales offices and consignment stocks strategically located near key markets.

Make sure your operations remain up and running by selling or purchasing at fair marketing options, using various hedging options, or borrowing or leasing precious metals. Umicore provides metal transfers, leasing, geo-swaps, metal-swaps, or any other technique aimed at reducing capital employed and matching our customers’ needs.

Our global presence will help you navigate the complex environment of import/export regulation, so we can make sure your material reaches its destination. Metals within our VAT warehouse can be used for trading purposes. This administrative flexibility allows chain sales on refined metals, located in Hoboken, without application of the Belgian VAT and without VAT registration of foreign third parties in Belgium, as Umicore will act as representative to perform VAT-reporting duties.