Cape Precious Metals
As a Precious Metal Refinery, CPM specialises in the recycling of all precious metals, utilising modern techniques for maximum recovery and returns.
Cape Precious Metals guarantees the quality of every product we sell, and commits to delivering world-class service to our clients.
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Cape Precious Metals started small, as a silver recovery company founded by Sharon Eades. From the beginning, our approach has been hands-on, with a strong focus on listening to our customers and understanding the needs of the industry.
Since 1994, CPM has grown alongside the South African jewellery and precious metals industry. Today, we support jewellers and manufacturers at every stage of the creative process through an extensive range of quality products, technical expertise and dependable service.
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Cape Precious Metals
As a registered precious metal refinery, CPM specialises in the recycling of precious metals, utilising modern techniques for maximum recovery and returns. We refine all jewellers’ waste including sweeps, filings, polishings, old jewellery solids and (the little-known) sludge. We also recover silver from a wide variety of photographic material including X-Rays.
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News Nugget – October 2026
Risk Report: Is Your Social Media Revealing More Than You Realise?
Social media has become an essential marketing tool for jewellery businesses, but it can also create significant security vulnerabilities if used without appropriate safeguards. Malcolm Jenner, KwaZulu-Natal representative for the Jewellery Council Risk Initiative (JCRI) and Marketing and Administrative Director at Cape Precious Metals (CPM), explains how businesses can balance effective online marketing with practical security measures to reduce unnecessary risk.