Besides TCA Spa, there are only 31 Platinum refiners and 27 Palladium refiners around the world that have been accredited by the London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM). LPPM is the world’s most relevant organization in matters regarding quality and features of platinum group metals and refiners working to recover these important raw materials and distribute them.
Platinum and Palladium are increasingly used in numerous industrial applications, but they are also getting scarcer. Recovering them instead of extracting them is paramount to not only guarantee environmental sustainability, but also to ensure the competitiveness of many companies and economic systems all over the world.
LPPM’s accreditation requirements are strict and involve different kinds of testing, beside the assessment of the excellent quality of Platinum and Palladium metals. Good Delivery Platinum and Palladium ingots have, as a matter of fact, a purity of at least 99.95%, they are smooth, free from cavities and easy to handle.
