The World Gold Council (WGC), a commercially-driven marketing organisation, is funded by the world’s leading gold mining companies. A global advocate for gold, the WGC aims to promote the demand for gold in all its forms through marketing activities in major international markets.

MINTEK has become a leading provider of minerals processing and metallurgical engineering products and services to industries world-wide.The Project AuTEK consortium based at Mintek has the capability to produce kilogram quantities of gold catalysts in a form suitable for industrial use in a variety of applications.

Heraeus is a globally active precious metals and technology Group with firm roots in Germany, headquartered in Hanau near Frankfurt. The company has been family-owned for more than 155 years. Precious metals, sensors, dental products and biomaterials, quartz glass, and specialty lighting sources are the focus of our activities

The METALOR Group is based in Switzerland with subsidiaries in 15 countries over the world. The company is comprises four divisions; refining, watches & jewellery, advanced coatings and electrotechnics.