Precious & Base Metals · Precious Metals
Platinum
Platinum sponge, ingot and powder for autocatalyst, chemical and jewellery use.
Overview
What Platinum is and who uses it
Platinum is supplied as sponge for catalyst manufacture, as ingot for investment and fabrication, and as powder for specialist chemical applications. Supply is heavily concentrated in South Africa, which introduces power-supply and labour continuity risk that buyers should factor into inventory planning.
Why go through us rather than buying direct
Metals concentrate the risk. Counterparty fraud, sanctioned ownership, material that cannot show where it came from. Values are high, settlement is fast and there is very little recourse afterwards. We work through verified refiners and LME-registered brands, run OECD and AML screening before any money moves, and arrange independent assay.
Specification
Variants & Grades
The grades below are the ones traded commercially. If a grade has a standard code, put the code in your brief rather than describing the material. Codes are enforceable in a contract. Descriptions are not.
- Platinum Sponge
- Platinum Ingot
- Platinum Powder
- Platinum Scrap
Sourcing
Origin Countries
We source this from the countries below. Origin is not a preference. It decides which phytosanitary and licensing rules apply, what specification is achievable, how the freight routes and what sanctions exposure you take on. We choose it against your compliance and delivery needs, not on price alone.
Standards
Compliance & Documentation
Everything below is applied as standard on this commodity. You get the complete document set when the transaction closes.
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
- LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance, with the refinery drawn from the LBMA Good Delivery List
- Conflict-free verification and mine-to-buyer traceability
- Anti-money laundering checks including source of funds verification
- KYC and KYB verification with beneficial ownership identification
- Sanctions and PEP screening on all counterparties
- Export and import licensing, and assay certification
Verification
Quality & Inspection
Put the parameters below in your brief with a tolerance against each, not a single target figure. A specification without tolerances gives the contract nothing to fall back on when a cargo lands marginally out.
- Fineness / assay (parts per thousand)
- Form (bar, grain, sponge, ingot, powder)
- Refiner and serial number
- Bar weight and tolerance
- Assay certificate from an accredited laboratory
- Surface condition and packaging integrity
- Purity (typically 99.95% minimum)
- Form (sponge, ingot, powder)
- Particle size distribution (sponge and powder)
- Trace element analysis
- Assay certificate
We appoint an independent inspection agency at origin. They check quantity, quality against what was contracted, and the condition of the packaging, all before the shipment is released for loading. That certificate is what any later claim rests on.
Movement
Getting it to you
| Packaging | Tamper-evident sealed boxes with serial-number manifest, security-sealed and weighed at origin under supervision |
|---|---|
| Shipment | Secure air freight with a specialist valuables carrier (Brink's, Loomis, Malca-Amit), armoured collection and delivery, insured to full replacement value |
| Storage | LBMA-accredited vault under allocated or segregated title, with periodic independent audit |
| Incoterms | EXW (ex-vault), CIP, DAP |
Engagement
How to order Platinum
Send us a brief covering the points below. Within one working day we will tell you whether we can fulfil it, how we would approach it, what paperwork it needs and roughly how long it takes.
- Which grade of Platinum you need, with tolerances
- Volume, and whether this is one shipment or a regular requirement
- Where it needs to land, which port, and by when
- Any certification you need: organic, Halal, Kosher, RSPO, FSC or other
- Preferred Incoterms and how you want to pay
- Packaging format and any labelling
Next step
Need Platinum?
Send us the specification, the volume and when you need it. We will confirm whether we can do it, and how, within one working day.