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...The refinery, operated by Metalor of Switzerland, opened last week a day after Singapore’s exchange announced plans for a futures contract based on 25 kilobars of gold....
...The next stage will be the opening on Thursday of the first gold refining plant in the Asian city-state since 1998 – by Metalor, a Swiss-based refiner – followed by the launch of the SGX gold contract in...
...The first tangible sign of progress came in June when Metalor Technologies, a Swiss-based gold refiner, started a refinery in Singapore that will eventually produce about 360 tonnes of gold bars a year....
...At the same time Swiss gold refiners, such as Metalor, Pamp, Valcambi and Argor-Heraeus, have enjoyed a boom, melting down large 400oz bars from London vaults and reprocessing them into smaller products...
...Swiss precious metals refiner Metalor announced plans last November to build its own gold facility in Singapore, which is due to open in the second half of this year....
...Switzerland, home to companies such as Metalor Technologies, Pamp, Valcambi and Argor-Heraeus, remains the heart of the world’s refining markets....
...● Metalor, the Swiss gold refiner, says it has not received gold for smelting from Vietnam as wrongly stated in an article on March 29....
...Responding to the allegations, Metalor said it did not deal with any supplier established in the DRC, but it did receive gold for refining from government-approved Ugandan-based suppliers....
...Refiners – The refining industry, led by the Swiss groups Valcambi, Pamp, Argor-Heraeus and Metalor, as well as the Rand Refinery in South Africa – is enjoying a boom time....
...Since initial publication, this article has been amended in the third paragraph to remove the name of Metalor, the Swiss gold refiner, which says it has not received any gold from Vietnam....
...“Some of the main jewellery manufacturers have turned into collectors,” says Scott Morrison, chief executive of Metalor, a Switzerland-based precious metals refiner....
...Scott Morrison, chief executive of Metalor, one of the world’s top precious metals refiners, says: “Industrial demand for silver is very strong – back to 2008 levels or even better.”...
...Citing the example of “tainted gold” controlled by warlords in Congo, the organisation said Metalor Technologies and other Swiss refineries had eventually responded to pressure and suspended purchases of...
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