Hi all!
New to the forum, but I have been an active bench jeweller for the last 20 years, and (at one time) did some of my own refining, but always from solid gold waste from my jewellery repairs and manufacturing. Basically "the easy stuff".
One thing I have never been too keen on refining myself has been polishing dust from my dust collector setup. It seems like a bunch of mucking around, and my busy schedule just makes using an outside refiner a better choice for my polishing dust, but I have my concerns with what return I should expect.
WHICH BRINGS UP MY QUESTION.
What would be considered an industry "standard" of rate of gold return per kilo of polishing dust? I know that it will vary depending on the collector system, the goldsmith's percentage of gold vs silver work, and if grinding is done at the polishing station. But there must be some sort of data out there.
does anyone here have any experience with some "typical" scenarios for percentage of return within that part of the refining industry?
Thanks in advance
New to the forum, but I have been an active bench jeweller for the last 20 years, and (at one time) did some of my own refining, but always from solid gold waste from my jewellery repairs and manufacturing. Basically "the easy stuff".
One thing I have never been too keen on refining myself has been polishing dust from my dust collector setup. It seems like a bunch of mucking around, and my busy schedule just makes using an outside refiner a better choice for my polishing dust, but I have my concerns with what return I should expect.
WHICH BRINGS UP MY QUESTION.
What would be considered an industry "standard" of rate of gold return per kilo of polishing dust? I know that it will vary depending on the collector system, the goldsmith's percentage of gold vs silver work, and if grinding is done at the polishing station. But there must be some sort of data out there.
does anyone here have any experience with some "typical" scenarios for percentage of return within that part of the refining industry?
Thanks in advance