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Zinc Oxide Products for a better future

Umicore is the Europe’s largest producer of zinc oxide, with a total world capacity of over 65.000 tonnes per year Our zinc oxide is produced, as an intermediary product in Zolder (B) and as a final product at three modern plants, i.e., in Eijsden (NL), Larvik (N) and Melbourne (AUS). Umicore uses the most advanced manufacturing technology for its two principal zinc oxide production routes, the direct (or American) process and the indirect (or French) process, and offers a complete range of products, satisfying the needs of all the industrial applications.

American process : rotary furnace

French process : vertical retorts

While feed material of the direct process consists of oxidized residues generated by the zinc processing industry, metallic zinc either as virgin metal or as recycled zinc is the raw material for the indirect process.