Victor Mkhaliphi
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- Jun 15, 2017
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Good day all,
I came across this forum about a week ago and I am grateful I did. This community of refiners is knowledgeable and progressive. I find the info here invaluable. Thanks to all contributors.
I am based in South Africa, I am a Metallurgical Engineer by profession - though i have mainly worked with coal, heavy mineral sands, iron ore and diamonds. Never with BMs,PMs or PGMs.
I am starting a gold refining business, refining from secondary sources, primarily e-waste (urban mining as they say).
I have done my research and this forum has helped me a lot in this regard. I think there is a business case for gold refining from e-waste. My figures indicate that the business will be profitable. I recognize that the profitability of the business will inadvertently depend on various factors such as, the availability of the feed material and the costs of sourcing such, chemicals costs, the quality of gold produced and the price of gold, currency inflation and so on.
However, I would like to hear from you guys what have you found to be the reality especially in the US or anywhere in the world for that matter, in so far as profitability is concerned.
Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Victor
I came across this forum about a week ago and I am grateful I did. This community of refiners is knowledgeable and progressive. I find the info here invaluable. Thanks to all contributors.
I am based in South Africa, I am a Metallurgical Engineer by profession - though i have mainly worked with coal, heavy mineral sands, iron ore and diamonds. Never with BMs,PMs or PGMs.
I am starting a gold refining business, refining from secondary sources, primarily e-waste (urban mining as they say).
I have done my research and this forum has helped me a lot in this regard. I think there is a business case for gold refining from e-waste. My figures indicate that the business will be profitable. I recognize that the profitability of the business will inadvertently depend on various factors such as, the availability of the feed material and the costs of sourcing such, chemicals costs, the quality of gold produced and the price of gold, currency inflation and so on.
However, I would like to hear from you guys what have you found to be the reality especially in the US or anywhere in the world for that matter, in so far as profitability is concerned.
Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Victor