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Bullion World | Volume 4 | Issue 8 | August 2024
“Refining Today,
Defining Tomorrow.”
Gold Recycle & Refining Dept., Sovereign Metals Limited
“We find people rarely, whom the glamour of gold Per se; along with exciting opportunities, there comes
fascinates barely.” several challenges as outlined below to encounter with.
Gold being the symbol of wealth and prosperity, always Capital & Resource Intensive
stands as cream & smart investment in anyone’s The refining set up requires substantial upfront funding
portfolio. Though digital gold investment is in trend, it for high-tech machineries, specialized equipment,
cannot significantly narrow the demand and fondness qualified personnel & security measures. Also the rapid
towards buying physical gold in form of coins, jewelry/ innovations in technology and up-gradation in processes,
ornaments. entails sizeable ongoing outlays.
The massive market of scrap & old gold jewelry offers Regulatory Framewok & Ethical Sourcing
promising opportunities for gold recycling and refining The gold industry is stiffly regulated to combat money
units to establish scrap gold collection centers to laundering and prevent unlawful gold which enters the
scoop up old broken gold and turn it into high quality market through unorganized channels. In order to avoid
gold bars. Furthermore, the government has become any litigations and disputes, it is onerous to check the
more involved in the refining industry. In few past years, authenticity and legitimacy of such supplies. One has
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) introduced Indian to strongly comply with all the applicable regulations
Good Delivery Standards (2020), a range of standards and strictly adhere to ethical sourcing practices by
for gold bars including purity, weight, markings and implementing the proper KYC checks and keep accurate
dimensions, enabling BIS-approved refiners to sell their records of documents involved.
bars that meet the requirements of commodity and stock
exchanges.
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