REFINING CUSTOMERS - Due to gold market prices at all time high rates, our refining lead times have increased by 10 business days. Please allow 10 business days for refining clean scrap and 15 business days for stone removal and/or sweeps.
We will accept the following materials for refining:
• Gold, silver, platinum & palladium scrap • Diamond jewelry (we can remove and buy your stones) • Sterling silver flatware • Dental scrap - crowns/bridges • Placer gold • Benchsweeps, filings, polishings • Filters and emery • Floorsweeps • Photo silver and flake • Platinum thermocouple wire • Watch batteries (silver oxide only) • Watchbands • Gold filled scrap
We accept weighted silver material and stainless steel knife blades for an additional charge of $75 an hour to remove the weighting and blades. If able please remove weighting and stainless blades, before sending to Hoover & Strong. Otherwise, your lot will incur additional labor fees.
Please DO NOT SEND the following, as we will not refine these materials:
• Crucibles • Plating solutions • Mercury • Computer/electronic parts • Electrical switches/circuits • Silver solders with cadmium • Silver nitrate • Carpet • Ore • Plated material • Dental retainers • Stainless steel • Optical scrap
The moment your scrap shipment is weighed in at our refining division, it is entered into our computerized refining flow system. The shipment is checked and double-checked through every step of the refining process. Each lot, regardless of size, receives the same careful attention to ensure you a maximum return.
It is essential for your material to be properly melted before assay. Clean scrap is mixed with a special flux which makes the melt more fluid and homogeneous. Our experienced processors will ensure that the optimum flux mixture and melting technique is used.
The melt is poured into a mold where the metal settles to the bottom and the slag created by the flux remains on top taking some of the non-metallic impurities with it. The bars are then returned to our vault to be weighed and sampled, where they will remain until you have been paid for your scrap. READ MORE
Hoover & Strong purchases precious metal scrap from U.S. customers only. CLICK HERE to view our Metal Source Certification.
< BACK TO REFINING FOR JEWELERS < BACK TO REFINING FOR DENTISTS < BACK TO REFINING FOR PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
