Precious Metals

TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR RISK REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE VALUE CHAIN

The intrinsic high value of the precious metals and their many and varied applications present great challenges to those employed in producing, refining, trading, buying, consuming or recycling them.

SGS Minerals Services offers a full range of independent testing and verification services, helping all parties in the precious metals value chain reduce their technical and commercial risk.

Risk reduction through:

Trade support services

• Quantity/quality verification  services.
• Inspection, supervision, certification, sampling, analytical services, contained metal guarantees.

Industrial process chemistry

• Process design, audit and improvement.
• Applied research and development.

Materials Characterization

• Determination of impurities, upgrading potential, catalyst evaluation using XRD.