switzerland industry precious metals founded 1977 headquarters castel san pietro switzerland products refined precious metals gold bars website www.pamp.ch pamp sa acronym for produits artistiques m taux pr cieux is a world leading independently operated precious metals refining and fabricating company member of the mks group . it was established in 1977 in ticino switzerland . originally starting as a minting facility of bars weighing less than 100 grams and as an alloy specialist for the jewelry and luxury watch making industries it has grown to provide vertically integrated services in precious metals from collection of dor from the mine through to assaying hedging and delivery of its bars and other products throughout the world . the company produces a complete selection of bullion bars from 12.5 kilograms to 1 gram . in particular pamp leads the world market for gold bars of 50 grams or less and is known for its distinctive fortuna design which has done much to widen the vogue for small ingots . pamp also provides custom minting service for private companies and government mints . the company s product range in that field goes from small bars and medals to legal tender coins . contents 1 accreditations 2 services 2.1 assay 2.2 refining 2.3 bullion bar casting 2.4 bullion coin distribution 2.5 minting 2.6 semi fabricated products 2.7 financial services 3 mmtc pamp 4 references 5 external links accreditations edit pamp bars are acceptable as good delivery by the swiss national bank the london bullion market association lbma london platinum and palladium market lppm the dubai multi commodity center dmcc and the leading futures markets of comex nymex chicago metals exchange cme tokyo commodity exchange tocom as well as the shanghai gold exchange sge . in support of the good delivery system the company is one of three approved good delivery referees in the world designated by both the lbma and the lppm . 1 2 pamp is the only refinery in switzerland to simultaneously hold iso 9001 iso 14001 iso 17025 ohsas 18001 and sa8000 accreditations . since 2013 pamp is a member of the public private alliance for responsible minerals trade ppa . the initiative aims to provide a fair trade guarantee to make sure no materials extracted from conflict areas or human exploitation are being used . members of the alliance include international corporations such as apple microsoft panasonic boeing or sony as well as government agencies and representatives from civil society 3 pamp is supervised by the finma for compliance with swiss money laundering legislation . mmtc pamp joint venture of pamp and mmtc ltd is also recognized by the lbma as a good delivery silver refiner since 2013 and has been on the good delivery gold list since 2014 . 4 services edit assay edit the company employs sworn federal assayers of precious metals who work in accordance with the swiss precious metals control law lcmp . these assayers follow the instructions of the central office for precious metals control in bern bcmp and function independently of the hierarchical structure of the refinery . they determine the fineness and verify the conformity of the designated material coming from the melt . refining edit pamp s.a processes gold silver and platinum group metals bearing material . the current gold refining capacity exceeds 450 metric tons per year ; current pgm refining capacity exceeds 30 metric tons per year . methods include electrolysis wet chemical chlorination aqua regia and wet chemical parting . all mine dor and scrap gold can be refined up to 999.9 four nines purity and as high as 999.99 five nines purity to meet specific industrial needs such as electronic and fine jewelry manufacture . after refining gold platinum or palladium may also be delivered as client specified alloys or as metal sponge powder or salts crystal and solution . bullion bar casting edit the company manufactures a range of good delivery gold bullion bars usually 999.9 fine ranging from 400 troy ounces to 50 gram . silver good delivery bars usually 999.0 fine range from 1000 ounces to 100 grams . sizes and purities are matched to the special requirements of regional markets manufacturers or end users . of the platinum group metals platinum and palladium pamp manufactures good delivery bars in one to six kilogram weights usually 999.5 fine through to 1 gram bars . bullion coin distribution edit the mks group is an official distributor of the following legal tender bullion coins south african krugerrand us eagle canadian maple leaf chinese panda australian nugget austrian philharmoniker and royal mint sovereign . minting edit pamp was the first refiner in the world to introduce a wide variety of decorative designs 5 on the reverse side of its ingots also known as small bars . today the company accounts for more than half of the world market for gold bullion bars weighing less than 50 grams . the lady fortuna roman goddess of fortune design is the first decorative motif to ever decorate precious metals bullion . the company also designs and produces commemorative coins and medals to mark historical or significant events . it produces under license proprietary collections for brands such as sanrio s hello kitty iconic brand group s peanuts and international organizations such as unesco . it also supplies coin and medal blanks to leading government mints and banking institutions internationally . pamp also manufactures minted gold bars that incorporate fashion pop culture nature derived motifs on their reverse sides . pamp s ingots and coins are sold widely around the world even in such places as harrods which offers pamp s minted products to its customers at its bank in its london flagship store . 6 7 semi fabricated products edit the refinery produces a wide range of karat gold alloys for the fine watch and jewelry industries . wires plates rods strips and grains also serve a wide range of industries . financial services edit pamp complements its physical precious metal offerings with specialized financial services of other mks group companies . such instruments include options forwards purity and location swaps as well as trading services . pamp has supplied precious metal materials to the royal canadian mint . 8 mmtc pamp edit incorporated in india on 18 january 2008 mmtc pamp india pvt. ltd. is a joint venture between pamp sa switzerland and mmtc limited a government of india undertaking . mmtc limited is india s largest public sector trading organisation engaged in the trading of several products including precious metals . it is india s single largest bullion trader . the company operates a precious metals refinery and mint in mewat in the state of haryana . with an investment of over rs 2 200 million mmtc pamp has an annual refining capacity of 100 tons of gold 600 tons of silver and mints 2.75 million pieces . mmtc pamp india produces a wide range of products and has obtained the license for minting the sovereign for the royal mint . 9 mmtc pamp has been awarded best refinery in 2013 and 2014 at the india international bullion summit in mumbai . 10 references edit london bullion market association lbma referees london platinum and palladium market ; good delivery rules p. 14 resolve public private alliance for responsible minerals trade participation 1 lbma may 2014 pamp shop gold avenue the telegraph harrods to sell gold bullion for first time 15 october 2009 harrods gold bars royal canadian mint wonders of nature series royal mint the royal mint expands into the indian market with first indian sovereigns since 1918 2013 02 18 2 business standard mmtc pamp adjudged as best refinery at bullion summit 2014 10 06 3 external links edit bullion market association full members list gold refineries another swiss money spinner bbc 12 september 2012 mmtc pamp s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pamp company & oldid 697000326 categories financial services companies of switzerlandmanufacturing companies of switzerlandprecious metals navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 27 december 2015 at 14 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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