Every organization must be responsible for the environment.
Why recycled metal?
Mining valuable metals have been one of the environmentally destructive activities. In fact, mining just an ounce of gold from ore can result in 20 tonnes of solid waste. Also, mining leads to water contamination, poisoned drinking water, and the destruction of wildlife habitats.
Our goal is to make our contribution to reducing the adverse impacts of valuable metal mining by recycling your unwanted jewelry and turning it into the finest pieces. You can help us too. Every effort counts.
Mining
Damages air quality
Destroys ocean life
Causes water contamination
Leads to child labor
How Gold Is Refined
Step 1: Refining
Refining with flame is one of the oldest methods of refining metals. Mentioned even in the bible, refining by fire is the preferable method for larger quantities of gold. Gold has a melting point of 1064 degrees Centigrade (about 1,943 degrees Fahrenheit)
All the metal purchased are separated into refining lots by metal type. All of the gold, the 10k, 14k, 18k for example are combined and melted together into one homogeneous mass and poured into an ingot mold forming a bar.
Step 2: Gold Recovery
Gold jewelry contains other metals like silver, copper, zinc that are added to help with structure and strength. Thus once the gold is melted and cooled, a chemical process involving a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid is used to extract out other metals. This process is called Aqua Regia, Latin for “Kings Water”, and is very effective. The acid separates out the pure gold from the impurities and drastically reduces the overall mass of the impure gold added.
Step3: Smelting
The pure gold is then heated back up to molten levels and poured into gold bars called ingots or into smaller quantities called bullion. Some are used for our jewelry production. Specific karat, color, durability is achieved by mixing pure gold with other metals. The rest are sold to exchanges in the next step of the commodity chain.