 The factory produced radium, cobalt and copper from the mines of the "Union Minière" in Katanga, Belgian Congo and Rhodesia.Along the canal Turnhout-Schoten the "Métallurgique de la Campine" was established in 1910 for the production of lead and antimony.In 1919 "La Metallo-Chimique" was established which specialized in the production of copper.