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Why the assay sample comes from the bar, not the scrap

Scrap can't be sampled fairly because no two pieces are alike. Melting it into one homogeneous bar first is what makes the assay, and the settlement, accurate.

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Guides & Explainers

从迪拜采购黄金:企业买家需要了解的流程

面向计划从迪拜采购金条或金粒的企业买家:我们出售的产品规格、按国际实时现货价报价的方式、以迪拉姆结算与交割的安排,以及开户所需的公司文件和时间。

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Industry & Regulation

What ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 mean for a refinery

What the three management-system standards a refinery is certified to actually audit, why the scope line matters, and how to check a certificate is real.

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Guides & Explainers

Vendre son or à Dubaï depuis l'étranger : le parcours complet

Ce qu'une société hors des Émirats doit savoir avant d'envoyer de l'or à notre raffinerie de Sharjah : essai, affinage, prix, règlement et ouverture de compte.

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Guides & Explainers

Opening a refinery account: what each document is for

Why a refinery asks for a trade licence, beneficial-owner IDs, proof of address, financial standing and supply-chain forms before it takes a gram of metal.

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Guides & Explainers

Cómo vender o refinar oro en Dubái desde fuera de los Emiratos

Qué necesita una empresa de fuera de los Emiratos para enviar oro a nuestra refinería de Sharjah, cómo se ensaya y se liquida el metal, y cómo abrir una cuenta.

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Market Commentary

How gold is priced: spot, the LBMA benchmark and your quote

Where the gold price comes from, what the twice-daily LBMA Gold Price is for, and how a refinery turns a live spot rate into the figure on your settlement.

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Guides & Explainers

How to read an assay certificate

What each line on a refinery assay certificate means, which figure settlement is based on, and how to check a certificate against the bar it describes.

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Guides & Explainers

How to prepare scrap gold for melting

A practical checklist for jewellers sending scrap, casting returns or bench sweeps to a refinery: sorting, weighing, labelling and what to expect back.

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Guides & Explainers

From intake to settlement: the first 24 hours of a refining lot

What happens to a lot of gold between arriving at our Dubai office and the assay result that settlement is based on, step by step and roughly hour by hour.

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Guides & Explainers

Bars or grain: choosing the form of your refined gold

Refined gold leaves Meridas as serial-numbered cast bars at 995 or 999.9, or as 999.9 grain. Which to ask for depends on what you are going to do with it next.

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Market Commentary

Why a gold trade in Dubai settles in dirhams, and what the peg means

Gold is quoted in US dollars per troy ounce but settled here in AED. Because the dirham is pegged to the dollar, the conversion adds no currency risk.

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