Let us Assist you with Precious Metal Recovery Services

Precious metals are increasingly scarce, but the demand for them is higher than ever. Metals such as gold, silver, and platinum are still widely used in jewelry, but they are now also used in electronics, computer components, and industrial chemicals. Recovering precious metal is important for keeping the supply steady and can also be an excellent business venture. Whether it’s recycling gold and silver from jewelry or stripping precious-metal components from computer systems, precious metal recovery is an industry on the grow.

Beyond gold, silver, and platinum, a host of other metals can also be recovered. These metals include:

• Palladium
• Rhodium
• Iridium
• Osmium

Most of these less well-known metals are used in high-technology applications, and they’re especially valued for their anti-corrosive properties. Harvesting these metals can be somewhat dangerous and should only be done by trained technicians in a specialized setting.

Recovering precious metals is good for the environment, too. Electronics recycling is great for eliminating toxic scrap, and it also reduces waste in landfills. Recovery rates for precious metals are still low in the United States, but as electronics become more integrated into our lives, recycling will become not only profitable but necessary. Precious metal recovery is a field with a bright future, and now is an excellent time to get started or refine your skills.

Precious Metal Recovery Methods – Recycling Sweeps

Making sure that you get the most from your metal is very important! Letting bits of precious metals go to waste is just not cost effective, so there are many different precious metal recovery and recycling methods out there to help you get the most out of your metal. One of the types of metal that the crew at Jewelers Refining Group, Inc., works with is metal sweeps.

Metal sweeps come from a variety of places. Silver sweeps are generally ashes or residue and are generally produced by photographic businesses. Additionally, jewelry sweeps are wipes and grindings that come from jewelers. Other selections include electronic scrap, car production, and glass industry sweeps.  Many of these fine particles may look like they should be thrown out, but can be collected, refined, and recycled. 

When collecting your sweeps, we recommend that goods are weighed before and after every step of the finishing process. This practice makes sure you can properly recover all of the sweeps from your metals and helps prevent issues like theft, inefficient recovery methods, and unscrupulous accountability from other refiners. 

Consider the sweeps that your business produces and start collecting today. When you have collected a substantial amount, you can contact us about our precious metal recovery and recycling programs.

Precious Metal Recovery & Recycling

It's a gold rush, an electronic gold rush and it comes in the form of end-of-life electronic devices. 

Confused? You may be surprised to learn that many of the everyday items you use contain precious metals. Gold, silver and other precious metals are critical elements to many industries, like the aforementioned electronics, as well as automotive manufacturing.

Electronic and automotive scrap can be an especially valuable source of metals. A variety of gold, silver and PGM materials may be suitable for recovery and recycling when these goods reach their end of life. One ton of mined gold ore contains approximately six grams of gold. The proportion of precious metals used in cars and televisions around the world is higher than that. That means that scrapped electrical and electronic goods can arguably be called a modern gold mine.  

Electronics recycling is extremely important in diverting solid waste and supporting zero landfill initiatives. Also highly important, electronics recycling helps eliminate toxic scrap. While it constitutes a minority of solid waste, it represents up to 70 percent of toxic waste.

E-waste is a particularly rich source of precious metals – with concentrations 40 to 50 times richer than naturally occurring deposits. 

Since 1996, Jewelers Refining Group, Inc., has been a leader in the precious metals refining industry. To learn more about precious metal recovery and recycling visit us at JRGInc.com.