Updated: Friday the 25th of May, 2012 GC Metals Ltd

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GC Metals Ltd
53 Wellington Street
Leicester
LE1 6HJ

Tel: 0116 254 2832
Fax: 0116 285 8545
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G. C Metals is an independent precious metal refiner, specialising in the reclamation of gold, silver, platinum and palladium groups. With the experience and expertise gained over the last forty years, we're able to provide our customers with high yields and a fast, reliable reclamation service - that's why companies up and down the UK continue to use G.C Metals for all their precious metal requirements. If you have a precious metal bearing material, let G.C Metals help you reclaim them. We offer a fast, competitive and flexible service with a quick settlement. As one of the UK's leading bullion trading companies, we possess the scope and flexibility to trade all your precious materials. Give us a call for more information on our services, which are listed below. Or, if you would prefer, we can arrange to visit your site and assess the viability of your scrap. We place great importance in our trustworthiness. The success of any precious metal refinery is based on this quality. At all stages of our reclamation service, we track your material so that you can follow its progress. What's more, all of your materials are stored in a secure, fully-insured facility, so you can have complete peace of mind when handing them over. So for a precious metals reclamation service that you can really rely upon, look no further than G.C Metals. Visit our website today!

Analytical & Valuation Services

Only established traders with a reputation for reliability can provide the detailed
compositional analysis that is needed to determine the true worth of your material.
G.C Metals undertakes a comprehensive analysis of your material sample and provides
full details of the percentage of payable metals and impurities. We then use an
independent government licensed Assaying Company to confirm our evaluations. Based
on these reports, we can provide confirmed details and reach a quick settlement
over the material. It's quick and it's easy - send your sample in an envelope
and we'll get it analysed as quickly as possible!

Metal Processing & Refining

At G.C Metals, we're able to process and refine materials to reclaim all of
the precious metals that are found within. What is often considered waste can in
fact contain reusable - and even highly valuable - metals. We use advanced chemical,
electrical and smelting techniques to recover these for you - it's an efficient
and effective way of maximising your reclaim yields. Because all of our refining
processes are carried out on-site, our customers can reap maximum financial returns.
It also allows us to monitor and enforce conformity with legal guidelines and environmental
standards. To take advantage of our free, UK-wide collection service, please give
us a call!

Fabricated Metals & Products

G.C Metals is pleased to be able to supply a range fabricated metals for various
customers and industries. Some of our regular products include sheets, grain, slugs,
precious metal targets, and wires of various diameters. For further information
or to discuss specialist items, please get in touch directly.

Consultancy Service & Waste Management

With over 40 years experience in the trade, G.C Metals is able to provide a first-class
consultancy service based on experience and expertise. As more and more companies
are investigating the possibility of recovering waste materials, many of them are
looking for a partner that can advise on values and viability. Also, with new directives
and regulations such as the WEEE, which restricts industrial production, emissions
and equipment, it's now highly advisable to consult specialists when you're
thinking of refining waste materials. Alongside our consultancy service, we offer
a comprehensive waste management and reclamation service so that our customers can
reuse materials to an environmental and financial advantage.

Metal Account Management

For those customers that do not wish to take immediate delivery
of their refined materials, we can set up a metal account which allows them to sell
reclaimed materials as and when they need to. This is an invaluable service for
those who want to take advantage of precious metal price fluctuations. To find out
more, please follow the link to the G.C Metals website or get in touch by phone.
Our friendly, helpful representatives are always happy to receive your enquiry.

Industries Served

Over the years, G.C Metals has offered its refinery and reclamation services to
firms operating in a wide range of industries, including aerospace and avionics,
automotive, ceramics, chemical and petrochemical, computer, dental, electronic research,
engineering, environmental, jewellery, mining and refining, photographic, plating
and vacuum plating, printing, marine, telecommunications, and many more. In each
and every one of these industries there are items containing precious metals which
can be reclaimed.

Materials for Recovery

The following is a list of some of the items which may contain reclaimable precious
metals.




Electronics:



PCBs, integrated circuits, hybrid circuits, switches, diodes, contacts and connectors,
transistors, thermocouples, solder, brazing waste, anodes, racks, wire & hooks.



Jewellery:



Sweeping, dust and filters, filings and bench waste, watchbands and stretch bracelets,
coin plating, castings and refractories, gold-plated scrap.



Decorative:



Genuine gold leaf & gold foil stamping waste, paints, brushes, kim wipes and
rags, covers, jars, cans, conveyor belting, exhaust fan filters, drop cloths, mirror
waste, ceramic & glass decorating waste.



Mining and Refining:



Placer gold and lode gold, bullion and dore bullion, gold flake, gold retort sponge,
concentrates and tankhouse sludges, alluvial gold, silver, platinum palladium, rhodium,
and iridium, drosses, refractories, skimmings, slags and sweeps.



Photographic, Graphic Art, X-Ray Labs:



Electrolytic silver flake and scale, silver recovery cartridges, silver sludge,
silver-sensitized film and paper, medical and industrial X-ray film.



Chemical & Petrochemical:



Gold, silver and platinum catalysts, thermocouple wire scrap, miscellaneous dusts,
crusts and residues, getter gauzes, pollution abatement catalysts, worn platinum
laboratory ware, tank sludge.



Plating and Vacuum Plating:



Spent plating solutions, filter cartridges, anodes, drag-out solutions, sputtering
targets, slugs, vacuum chamber flake.


Detailed Information
Established: 1970
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Company Type:
  • Manufacturer
  • Fabricator
  • Service Providers

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Primary Market Areas
  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
  • Electronics & Electrical
  • Manufacturing & Stockholding
  • Water & Waste Management

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