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The North West Province is home to a true local treasure that is contributing meaningfully to the upliftment of South Africans though our country’s mineral wealth. The Platinum Incubator is the only small business start-up hub in the world devoted to encouraging the development of products and applications using Platinum Group Metals. Since it’s inception in 2006, TPI has assisted 155 talented enterprises and more than 234 young people as a pipeline of PGMs beneficiation, from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. The support is geared towards participants to realise their dream of becoming professional jewellers.

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The Jewellery Council urgently needs your help as it prepares a legal challenge to the ways in which the Mining Charter policy document is being erroneously applied to jewellery manufacturers. A copy of a presentation by Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS) outlining its implications can be found here. The Council is concerned that most jewellers don’t seem to understand the ramifications of the Charter, which include forcing a sole proprietor to change to a company, and demanding that companies with a turnover of over R1 million acquire a 26% beneficiation partner (BEE partner) in order to comply. The SADPMR have started conducting transformation audits even though Jewellers Permits are not due for renewal. You can view the Transformation Audit Form which they will be requiring you to complete here.

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It’s common knowledge that safety gloves and glasses as well as a mask must be worn during rhodium plating and that the area must be well ventilated. However sometimes the consideration given to working with this substance ends when rhodium plating solutions are exhausted and it comes time for disposal. Not only is it potentially harmful to the environment to release untreated solution into the water table, you could be flushing valuable metals down the drain!

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CPM is proud to announce a new range of semi-mounted rings, aimed at assisting retailers to make quick sales

Mindful of the pressures facing jewellers these days, CPM are constantly engaging with our clients and searching for new ways to serve the industry. After receiving feedback that retailers are losing sales to customers who are in a hurry to purchase, we’re happy to announce a solution to this problem.

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