{"id":89,"date":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.goldbank.co.uk\/insights\/?p=89"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:11:42","slug":"bullion-refiners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/insights\/bullion-refiners\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullion Refiners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:284px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PAMP Suisse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAMP is one of Switzerland&#8217;s most famous precious metals refineries, and is famous for it&#8217;s beautifully designed collectibles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produits Artistiques M\u00e9taux Pr\u00e9cieux \u2013 artistic precious metals products \u2013 better known as PAMP, is the world\u2019s leading bullion brand, and one of the most trusted refiners and fabricators of precious metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perth Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Perth Mint is Australia&#8217;s official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issuing an array of bullion and collectible legal tender coins, bars and medallions each year, we are proud to showcase Australia\u2019s icons to the world and celebrate a variety of popular universal themes, through the original artistry of our coin designs and creative concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Royal Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Mint is a government-owned mint that produces coins for the United Kingdom. Operating under the name Royal Mint Ltd, the mint is a limited company that is wholly owned by Her Majesty&#8217;s Treasury and is under an exclusive contract to supply all the nation&#8217;s coinage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heimerle + Merle &amp; CooksonGold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAMP is one of Switzerland&#8217;s most famous precious metals refineries, and is famous for it&#8217;s beautifully designed collectiblesAs Germany\u2019s oldest gold and silver refinery, Heimerle + Meule stands for lasting values \u2013 as is reflected in our products, our philosophy and in our company\u2019s history and traditional roots. Founded in 1845 in Pforzheim (known locally as the Golden City).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metalor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Metalor Group, previously M\u00e9taux Pr\u00e9cieux SA Metalor, founded in 1852, is nowadays a subsidiary of Japan&#8217;s Tanaka Kikinzoku Group. Metalor has become one of the major world suppliers of precious metals related products &amp; procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metalor is a premier Swiss refiner of gold and silver bullion and one of two refiners from Switzerland that we stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are well known for the quality of their metal production, with many of the major Swiss watch manufacturers using their services too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Umicore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAMP is one of Switzerland&#8217;s most famous precious metals refineries, and is famous for it&#8217;s beautifully designed collectiblesUmicore is a Belgian refiner, headquartered in Brussels and operating out of Hoboken, near Antwerp. The company was originally called Union Mini\u00e8re but rebranded to Umicore in 2001 as it diversified into using precious metals as technological components as well as producing bullion and base metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company describes itself as \u2018a global materials technology and recycling group\u2019, referencing the fact that Umicore recycles and adapts precious metals, as well as producing it in bullion form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldbank.co.uk\/images\/blog\/bullion_refiners\/pic7.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canadian Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Canadian Mint is a Crown corporation, operating under the Royal Canadian Mint Act. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada. 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