The Platinum Incubator: Co-Creating the Future of the Platinum Industry
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.
Jewellery Council’s legal challenge to the erroneous application of the Mining Charter policy document
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.
Treatment And Disposal Of Exhausted Rhodium Plating Solution
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!
CPM offers a Semi Mounted Ring Range
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.
CPM offers a finished casting service
CPM’s finished casting service makes your work easier We’ve found that many of our clients are turning away jobs they don’t realise they can accept simply by outsourcing their casting to us. This is due to either a general aversion to casting work (stemming mostly from a misunderstanding of the process), or the lack of a valid gold permit. This is such an unnecessarily wasted opportunity!
CPM – your partner in sustainability
At Cape Precious Metals we believe in business as a force for good. We were born as a recycling company, and we’ve carried this ethos through as we’ve expanded our range and services.
Kiira – Sustainable Success
The name Kiira means ‘Dawn’ in the Kenyan language, Kikuyu. For Taz Watson, the brand’s owner and designer, this symbol of fresh hope and positivity guides every aspect of her company. An outspoken advocate for ethical business, her goal is to be a catalyst for change in the industry by producing jewellery “that is not only beautiful in its detailing, but feel-good and responsible in its creation.”
Red Hot Red Gold
From iPhones and laptops to cars and even hair colour, Red Gold seems to be everywhere. This current trend may be slowly making its way off the décor scene’s hotlist but it’s still humming in jewellery design. Red Gold, also known as Rose Gold, Pink Gold or Blush Gold, is an alloy created from a combination of Gold and Copper and sometimes Silver. Depending on the ratios of the mix, it can appear orange-yellow, dusky pink or red-orange but it most commonly takes on a warm pink-red hue.
Guidelines when utilising an XRF scanner
The Executive Committee of the Jewellery Manufacturers Association of SA (JMASA), in conjunction with other experts, have created Guidelines when utilising an XRF scanner. These guidelines will assist the analyst with the analysis of gold and gold alloys used in the jewellery manufacturing industry by making use of a surface XRF scanner.
How to market jewellery to Millennials
Millennials tend to get a bad rap, especially from older folks. The term conjures up mental images of lazy, entitled kids permanently glued to mobile devices, but did you know the leading edge of this generation is now 38 years old? The term technically encompasses people born from 1981 ‘til the late 1990s (some institutions stretch the birth dates to as late as 2004), making Millennials the largest and most influential generation to date, with substantial buying power.