Umicore Olen
Europe's main germanium refiner, supplying optics and space solar cells.
- Material
- Germanium
- Stage
- Processing plant
- Place
- Antwerp province, Belgium
- Operator
- Umicore
- Coordinates
- 51.17° N, 4.90° E (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- One of the largest germanium producers and recyclers outside China
- More than half its germanium comes from recycled material
- Two germanium projects named EU Strategic Projects in March 2025, one for satellite solar-cell substrates