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ABC Refinery

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The refining division of Pallion,
Australasia’s largest independent
precious metal services group of
companies that has been involved
in the industry since 1951
Rapidly growing market share.
Currently refines approximately 25%
of Australian gold mine production
and 70% of silver production
Employs the world’s largest
environmentally friendly ALS™
refining capacity

Strategically located in Sydney,
Australia’s largest trading hub
Accredited by all major world
associations and exchanges including
LBMA, SGE, COMEX, RJC, NATA, ISO,
ILAC, IEC and Standards Australia.

high level. But responsible sourcing is about more than just and produces no exhaust fumes. It also further improves the
accreditation. The commitment to responsible supply chains efficiency of ABC Refinery’s refining process as compared to
has to come from within,” Woodford says, in light of Pallion traditional competitor methods.
publishing its first ever sustainability report in respect of the Further to its environmental benefits, ALS™ refining
2020 financial year as part of its Considerate™ Precious Metals technology results in no precious metal loss, significantly
commitment.
improved speed of output and approximately 40% reduced
“ABC Refinery and the broader Pallion group have a real operative costs compared to traditional refining technologies.
commitment to responsible and sustainable sourcing and
production. So, if you are an end user of Pallion products you “Of course, these benefits are passed on to our mining clients
can buy knowing that we strive to adhere to best practice as part of our corporate ethos of partnership,” Woodford
along the entire value chain,” Woodford says. notes.
Complementing that responsible sourcing environmental
“The Considerate™ Precious Metals Report considers the whole
spectrum of the Pallion enterprise annually and reports on commitment are ABC Refinery’s developments in the
our corporate responsibility initiatives and their impact on our electronic tracing of metal inputs in-line with an emphasis
own people, society, charities, the environment as well as local from consumers on responsible sourcing and supply chain
and the global economies. The Report has been prepared in integrity.
accordance with the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) to ensure “ABC Refinery has partnered with software company
our products are benchmarked at an international level,” he says. Blockhead Technologies to create a technology platform
that enables precious metal traceability and tampering
Technology and innovation are becoming increasingly detection called STAMP Vision™. STAMP Vision uses blockchain
important in assisting organisations with their ESG agendas technology to store bullion fingerprints in a way that ensures
and ABC Refinery is recognised as a global leader in that data integrity and that the fingerprints have not been
regard. In addition to its proprietary electrolytic gold refining tampered with,” Woodford says.
(EGR) technology that has improved speed of output as
compared to traditional EGR methods by approximately 30%,
ABC Refinery boasts the world’s largest environmentally
friendly ALS™ refining capacity.
The only refiner in the southern hemisphere to offer ALS™
refining to the industry, ABC Refinery utilises this ground-
breaking technology in its pre-refining process in order to
remove silver and light elements from gold-silver-copper
alloys using vacuum distillation technology. Unlike traditional
refining technologies, the process does not use chemicals

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