Private company
Biraco
Belgian company based in Olen1
Biraco is the acronym of Bismuth, Radium, and Cobalt. It was the name of a now-defunct subsidiary company of Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) and Société Générale de Belgique created to refine these elements from the copper and uranium ores coming from the Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Radium was industrially produced in the beginning of the 20th century by Biraco in its Olen plant near Antwerp in Belgium.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Biraco is the acronym of Bismuth, Radium, and Cobalt. It was the name of a now-defunct subsidiary company of Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) and Société Générale de Belgique created to refine these elements from the copper and uranium ores coming from the Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo.2
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- 1WikidataBiraco on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBiraco on Wikipedia