Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Palladium Refining for You



Along with investing in stocks and mutual funds, you may prefer to build your portfolio by investing in metals. Metals prove to be a solid asset that can give you a lucrative return as long as you take certain steps to ensure your investment. Because the amount of money you can receive may depend on the quality of the metals, you would do well to consider partnering with a palladium refining company that knows from what objects metal can be gleaned and how this metal can be refined to the highest quality. These safeguards can help you achieve the highest return and also let you build a portfolio that will secure your future.

You may be like many other investors and assume that metals can only be refined from pieces of jewelry, coins, and other similar objects. However, as you learn more about this kind of investment, you will learn that other objects, such as aircraft parts and circuit boards, are also valuable sources for such metals. When you expand your knowledge, you can choose what companies to invest with and also use this information to grow your own portfolio. This information also can ensure that the metals in which you have invested have future use and can be made into objects like jewelry, watches, and other consumables that will have a high resale value.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

How to Maximize Your Returns on Refinable Metals



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Investing in refinable metals can be a wise decision, and the best way to get the most out of this investment is by knowing how to maximize your returns. Here are some tips that will help you get more out of your hard-earned money when you choose to include these metals in your investment portfolio.

  • Metals can be retrieved from some unlikely sources. While most people think of jewelry pieces as a source of valuable metals like gold and silver, circuit boards, semiconductors and out-of-use aircraft parts can also be refined in order to retrieve these valuable resources.
  • Choose a refining group that has a reputation for recovering as much of the precious metal as possible from a refinable metal. Jewelry pieces like necklaces, bracelets and earrings may contain metals that can be of value, and retrieving these items requires a combination of skill and specialized equipment that Jewelers Refining Group, Inc. can provide.
  • Working with an experienced refining group allows jewelry makers to ensure that the recovered metals can be used in the process of creating beautiful pieces. In this instance, the return on the investment of the scrap metal or jewelry is higher due to the improved price that can be expected in relation to selling the jewelry piece.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Benefits of Precious Metal Refining



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If you are interested in taking your jewelry manufacturing business to the next level and are intent on producing eminently durable pieces that will thrill your customers, you should surely consider contracting with a precious metal refining service. Gold, silver, palladium and platinum are the metallic focal points of most bracelets, rings and necklaces. Professional refining processes can boost the durability and aesthetic appearance of these metals, which will make them more valuable on the open market.

Refining companies typically specialize in saving precious metals from heading to the regional trash heap. Professionals can separate metals from old circuit boards, auto catalysts and other electronic scrap items. The small amounts of gold and silver are then recycled and used again within the industry. Because there is a fairly limited supply of precious metals, refining allows the elements to stay in circulation so that customers can enjoy them in jewelry pieces of all styles and textures.

Armed with the precious metals you need to craft lovely items, you can begin putting your skills to work. Diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds can be affixed to metallic matrices. You might even choose to manufacture special lockets that customers can wear around the neck as keepsake items. A specialized precious metal refining service will give you the tools you need to expand in the field going forward into the future.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Our Anti-Money Laundering Practices



Money laundering is a serious societal problem, and it's vital that jewelers and companies that work with precious metals take strong action against it. To define the term, a business launders money whenever it accepts and uses funds that were obtained illegally. Jewlers Refining Group, Inc., is very concerned about these issues.

If criminals acquired money through, for instance, drug trafficking, they would have a difficult time using that cash as banks wouldn't accept it. However, if a company were to take that money and process it ― whether intentionally or not ― those funds would become "clean." Thus, that currency would reenter circulation.

Since 1970, federal U.S. law has categorized precious metals dealers as financial institutions. Furthermore, since 2006, the law has required that all such organizations operate anti-money laundering initiatives. For such a program to be effective, an institution must demand certain documents from its clients before completing any transactions with them. Those documents need to include the legal names of those businesses' owners. The financial institution can then look at government databases to verify that none of those people are known criminals, terrorists, or financial supporters of terrorism.

That documentation must also detail the client's business activities. Indeed, precious metals dealers must know why an applicant wants to purchase, for example, a significant quantity of gold. Likewise, it's important that dealers refrain from buying any precious metals if they don't know where those materials are coming from. Without such preventative measures, a dealer might end up assisting a criminal or terrorist enterprise. Lives are certainly on the line.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Assisting You with Metal Bullion



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Traditionally, it’s a great idea that keeping your precious metals, such as gold and silver, allows you to properly keep your metals separate. This gives you a better idea of how much your metal is worth. The team at Jewelers Refining Group, Inc., understands your needs and is able to help you with metalbullion. Before we get into what we do for you, let us tell you a little bit about bullion. 

The word bullion is French and it means boiling, which is appropriate as you are boiling metals down to their purest state and making them into coins and bars. Bullion is normally traded on commodity markets and its value is determined by the purity and mass of each bar or coin. Many investors like to invest in bullion, as it hedges against currency risk. The value of this metal is typically more stable than other investments. 

When you come to us, you can have us make bullion from sweepings and grindings. We have a wide array of recommendations for you and your business. If you have any questions about what we do with bullion, you can read more about metal bullion on our Website, call us at (212)398-2569, or email us today at lee@jrginc.com.