Precious metal reclaim is an important part of the sustainable economy - helping to reduce pollution, conserve resources, and improve the cost-effectiveness of your research or manufacturing processes. It also contributes to achieving some of the United Nation's goals for sustainable development.
PI-KEM provides a complete precious metal reclaim service, offering both economic and environmental benefits to customers.
In this short interview, Colin Rouse, Managing Director of PI-KEM, sits down with our Technical Specialist to discuss the growing importance of precious metal reclaim, how businesses can improve both sustainability and cost-efficiency through effective material recovery solution, and why PI-KEM's service stands apart.
"The value of precious metal has gone very high, increasing the value of precious metal scraps. This makes it more important to recover that value, and return into the economy of the customer." Colin Rouse, MD
Why Reclaim with PI-KEM?
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Reclaimable Precious Metals & Material Forms
PI-KEM can reclaim a variety of precious metals in various forms, including:
- Gold (Au)
- Silver (Ag)
- Palladium (Pd)
- Platinum (Pt)
- Rhodium (Rh)
- Ruthenium (Ru)
We recover from a broad range of spent, or partially used material sources:
- Sputtering targets, bonded or unbonded
- Chamber scrapings, e.g. from E-beam evaporation machines
- Spent material in crucibles
- Foil linings
- Precious metal labware
- Other processes & sources containing precious metals
Reclaim Process
Our reclaim process takes just 5 steps:
1. Contact our Precious Metal Team at sales@pi-kem.co.uk to discuss the precious metal materials you have available for reclaim.
2. We arrange a fully insured collection from your location to our warehouse.
3. On receipt, we verify the material types and quantities.
4. Your material is sent to our specialist reclaim partner for processing and valuation.
5. We confirm the recovered value and apply the credit to your account.
