Scrap Gold Recovery

Types / Grades

Different grades, varieties and types of scrap is used for recycling purposes and to recover pure gold from the scrap. Given in the table below are some of the important grades / types of gold used in recycling -

Grades Details
Gold Karat Scrap (24 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 99.99% gold items.
Gold Karat Scrap (22 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 91% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (20 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 83% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (18 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 74% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (16 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 66% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (14 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 58% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (12 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 50% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (10 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 40% Gold Items.
Gold Karat Scrap (8 Karat) This grade of scrap consists of 30% Gold Items.
Gold Alloy Scrap Gold alloy scrap comprises of alloyed or remelted gold scrap.These materials should be tested and sold by the gold as agreed upon by the buyer and seller.
Gold Plate Scrap It includes electroplated or rolled plate coated materials. The materials should be tested and sold by the gold content as agreed upon by the buyer and seller.
Gold Finger Scrap It comprises of trimmed gold plated male circuit board connectors. The materials should be tested and sold by the gold content as agreed upon by the buyers and sellers.
Gold Plated Circuit Board Scrap It contains gold plated populated or unpopulated boards.
Populated Circuit Board This grade of gold scrap consists of whole circuit boards with all the components still attached (the term usually refers to the components ''living on the boards'' i.e. IC's Capacitors, etc.).
SIM Scrap / Smart Card Scrap These are the chips that are found in smart cards, SIM cards etc.
Mixed Scrap Integrated Circuits (IC chips) Mixed Scrap Integrated Circuits (IC chips) contain assorted integrated circuit chips, whole or sheared from populated circuit boards. These should be free of other types of components and may include the ceramic or balolite covered chips.
Sorted Integrated Circuits (IC chips) Sorted Integrated Circuits (IC chips) comprise of a single sorted style of integrated circuit chip. It must be homogeneous material.
Gold Content Scrap This grade of gold content scrap consists of assorted materials, which have a gold content. The complete cost to process these materials is based on the total weight of the shipment, and hence it is necessary to reduce the weight by removing any excess non-gold materials. These materials may contain sweeps, ashes, sludges, electronic breakage, slags & dross. These materials should be assayed, processed and sold by the gold content as agreed upon by the seller and buyer.
Other Gold Scrap Other Gold Scrap consist of any other gold materials, which are not included in the listed grades.
 

Caution : The gold content may not always equal the Karat markings on items. Test each item to be sure of the gold content in the scrap. Allow for excess Non gold weight on any solder item like chains.

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