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Bullion World | Volume 2 | Issue 08 | August 2022

           interesting industry here. And the industry is changing.   good hardness and toughness in 22K casting and
           You have heard about Uptown Tower. Dubai has       handmade products.
           changed too in the last 20 years. Twenty years ago,   http://goldconference.in/presentation/Day1/Ankur_
           gold in Dubai meant coins and bars and was controlled   Goyal.pdf
           by a few families. Today we have over 3000 companies
           operating in gold, diamond, and precious metals in                    Mr G K Venkatagopal,
           DMCC. The UAE-India agreement is just the beginning.                  Emerald Jewel Industry
           I expect more to come. We had a Hindu temple in                       India Limited, presented on
           Dubai before the country was formed. Five decades                     ‘Jewellery Manufacture using
           before, the Indian rupee was an accepted currency in                  Electroforming Technology
           Dubai. We understand the rupee and hence launched                     (EFM)’. He demonstrated that
           the derivatives contract in rupees. We knew it would                  complex 3D articles and, hard
           take longer to launch the rupee contract in India. I                  and durable jewelry products with
           would like to discuss forward product possibilities.   high shine and good strength can be made using EFM.
           With Uptown Tower, we have built a new foundation.   http://goldconference.in/presentation/Day1/
           We want to climb a new mountain. We are facing the   Venkatagopal.pdf
           beautiful challenge of filling up 90% of office spaces
           in a very short time. GIA is a recent addition. Gold is            Mr Shubham, Eventell Global
           what DMCC started with.  Gold is what attracted some               Advisory Pvt Ltd, share details
           of the designers to work on the project.  We are here              on Swarna Adarsh Abhiyaan and
           to engage. We are looking for a representative office              urged jewelers to join the movement
           in India. We have not decided where yet, maybe in                  by signing an expression of interest.
           southern India or in Mumbai. If there is something you
           feel we are missing at DMCC, please let us know.


           Special program on jewellery technology curated    Special session on Refining Technology
           by MMTC PAMP India Pvt Ltd
                                                                                Mr Peter Bouwer, GM Refinery
                              Mr Arun Brakash, Senior                           & Fabrication, Rand Refinery,
                              Manager- Upstream, Titan                          delivered an excellent presentation
                              Company Limited-Jewellery                         on “Controlling losses in refining
                              Division,                                         operations”. The presentation
                              presented on “Scientific                          was a brief experiential sharing of
                              approach for investment                           how Rand Refinery went about the
                              casting”. The presentation was                    subject and recovered millions of
                              full of implementable suggestions  dollars of precious metals using a simple motto, “Every
                              backed by years of R&D.         milligram matters, every second counts”.
           http://goldconference.in/presentation/Day1/Arun_   http://goldconference.in/presentation/Day1/Peter_
           Brakash.pdf                                        Bouwer.pdf


           Mr Ankur Goyal, President-Works, MMTC PAMP                           Mr Debasish Bhattacharjee, Dy.
                              India Pvt Ltd, shared his                         President Works, MMTC PAMP
                              perspective on “Master                            India Pvt Ltd, elaborated on
                              Alloys”. He demonstrated                          “Hazards associated with gold
                              that master alloys made from                      refining”. Fumes, slugs, sludges,
                              99999 silver and alloy free                       and effluents generated during
                              from lead, cadmium and other                      refining process can pose damage
                              noxious elements can result in                    to humans and the environment.
                              higher productivity, good luster,                 He advocated regular safety
           homogeneity, less tarnish, minimum gold loss, and   audits, proactive monitoring of specified parameters,


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