Rand Refinery Limited is the largest single-site gold refining and smelting complex in the world.

It was established in 1920 by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa to refine all the gold produced by South Africa's gold mines. Since its inception it has refined in excess of 40,000 tonnes of gold. This represents some 30% of all the gold mined in the world since antiquity.

In recent years, Rand Refinery has evolved from a pure refiner of doré to a more rounded company with an emphasis on beneficiation. It facilitates a wide range of value-added products including: It is the sole distributor of the world famous Krugerrand.

In addition to its smelting and refining services Rand Refinery offers metallurgical, logistics and vault services. It acts as an agent for its precious metal depositing customers and its global markets business unit markets all the precious metal produced by the refinery.


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RAND REFINERY DAILY GOLD UPDATE
30 July 2010
RAND REFINERY WEEKLY GOLD COMMENTARY
26 July 2010
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  • IMF suspend talks with Hungary
  • Bernanke’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee
  • European banks stress test
  • Fiat currencies and gold
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