The Refining Process
Scrap is weighed in and entered into our computerized refining flow system. It is checked and double-checked through every step of the refining process. The melt is then poured into a mold that creates a bar. These bars, called bullion, are sent to the vault to be weighed and sampled.
This new process has reduced the quantity of waste products generated during gold refining by 75%. Other gold refining methods – using aqua regia for example – create significant amounts of waste products. By converting to the Miller process, liquid waste has been drastically reduced and chlorine gas is scrubbed and filtered out by our air control system, making us one of the most environmentally friendly refiners in the country. The End Result - Eco-Friendly Recycled Metals - All our refined gold, platinum and palladium is then sold to a jewelry manufacturer and is used to make mill products, findings, castings and finished jewelry. This means 100% of our products will be sold to manufacturers to use as recycled metals in their own products. |
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About Refinity
Create your account and fill out the Jewelry Processing Form. When completing the form, you have the options to Ship the Items Yourself (the quickest method) or Request a FREE Refinity Kit be mailed to you. Click here to read details about these SHIPPING OPTIONS.
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After you have sent your scrap to Refinity.com and have agreed to our offer, your scrap metal jewelry will continue through the refining process.
Smelting - The scrap then moves to our smelting department. Scrap is mixed with a special flux and then melted. The flux makes the melt more fluid and well mixed.
Assaying - After the bullion has been weighed, samples are taken from each end of the bullion. This sample is fire assayed in duplicate to determine the precious metal content. The fire assay process is a miniature refining process on multiple samples to determine the precious metal content.
Once the process is complete, the remaining liquid metal is at least 98% pure gold. This is cast into anodes and electrolytically refined by submerging into a gold-based solution. During this process, fine or 24k gold is plated onto the cathode. Both platinum and palladium remain in the electrolyte solution where they are later recovered.
