From August 22rd to 23rd, Belgian Umicore R & D Headquarters Senior Project Manager Tim Van Lum, Umicore Management (Shanghai) Company Smelting Department Director Philip Delau and other 10 people inspected and understood the precious metals and "urban mineral" industry in the Yongxing Economy Development Zone to seek cooperation opportunities.

Accompanied by Chen Wei, President of Hunan Non Ferrous Metal Research Institute and other experts, the Umicore investigation group visited the Yongxing economic development zone with precious metals as the first leading industry in Hunan Province and visited the Xiongfeng, Rongpeng, Zhongde, Xingguang and other companies in the park. They listened to the report on the precious metal industry development in Yongxing County and conducted the discussion and exchange with the precious metals enterprises and industry associations. Umicore investigation group gave a high opinion for the infrastructure, investment environment and industrial development situation of Yongxing Park. "Through this investigation, we will carefully analyze Yongxing's investment information and seek opportunities for cooperation in capital, technology and management." said Philip Delau.

Yongxing County, known as the "China Silver", has won the 2nd batch of national circular economy pilot units, the 3rd batch of national "urban mineral" demonstration base, the national rare and precious metal recycling industrial base, the national sustainable development experimental area and other gold signs, the county average annual production of 2,100 tons of silver, 6.3 tons of gold and more than 180,000 tons of other non-ferrous metals. This great potential investment projects attracted the attention of Belgian Umicore Company.