Processing plant · Belgium
OREON (Optimal REcycling Of Nickel)
OREON (Optimal REcycling Of Nickel) is a processing plant in Belgium, owned by Umicore.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Belgium | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group elements | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Umicore | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| CRMA stage | Processing | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Selected as CRMA strategic project | 9 Oct 2026 (Commission decision C(2026) 8051, round 2, in the EU) | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1671, 4.3368 | EU CRMA strategic projects · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this processing plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits and status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow its owner compares
Umicore owns 3 of the 4 processing plants in Belgium in our data with a named owner; the most of any owner. Counts cover the processing plants in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in Belgium | Rank | Processing plants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umicore | 1st | 3 | 75% |
| Comet Traitements | 2nd | 1 | 25% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this processing plant: 111 power plants (84 operating, 1,264 MW), 76 permit notices, 35 substations, 29 data centers and 22 CO2 emitters (3 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umicore site Hoboken | CO2 emitter | 198,874 tCO2e | — | 0.2 km |
| Datacenter Base-Telenet | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Datacenter Burcht | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Mercator 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Ineos | CO2 emitter | 176,220 tCO2e | — | 7.5 km |
| INEOS Oxide Utilities | CO2 emitter | 329,147 tCO2e | — | 7.5 km |
| DC Flanders | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Lillo 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Doel 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
Owner and place
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