How
to Handle Your Trash
Detection The starting point for profitable precious metals recovery is creating awareness of the value of your scrap among all your people-from top management to machine operators and sweepers. Use your company's purchases of precious metal-bearing parts or materials as a guide to reclamation. Make sure each department handling these materials understands their value, and knows the forms in which they're hidden. Collection Place clearly-marked scrap collection containers in every area where precious metals are fabricated or processed. Install hoods and dust bags on grinding and buffing wheels. Have workers wear disposable smocks and shoe covers, to be collected at the end of the shift. Wherever practical, segregate your scrap. Separate solids from liquids, metallics from nonmetallics, ferrous from non-ferrous metals. Segregating scrap reduces refining charges. Protection Use theft-proof containers with small openings for high-value scrap. Weigh collection containers periodically to make sure their contents are increasing, not decreasing. Store filled containers in a secured area, under lock and key. Before shipping your scrap to a refiner, weigh every container. Weigh it empty, and full -and keep a record of the net weights as a basis for checking returns, and comparing refiners. When you ship containers, use numbered seals. Don't use labels that advertise the contents of the containers. Instead, send along a covering order, noting number of containers, contents, weights and seal numbers. Choosing a Refiner
Our Toronto refinery uses chemical refining techniques to recover precious metals from precipitates and sludges.
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Your
choice of a precious metals refiner will have a direct bearing on the
amount of your return. Consider what Handy & Harman has to offer.
We're experienced. We've been refining precious metal scrap for over a
century-and we've pioneered many of the refining procedures in general use
today. You'd expect us to know our business. We're stable. We've been
leaders in precious metals fabrication and refining since our founding in
1867. You'll find us listed among the top U.S. industrial companies.
We're trustworthy. Our reputation
for integrity in the precious metals field is unsurpassed. It's just as
important to us as our size, experience and stability. Finally, we are
committed to precious metal refining. Year by year we continue to expand
and improve our capabilities. In the following portion of this book, we'll
give you an idea of the kind of processes and equipment we utilize in our
precious metal refineries...
