Please see below the programme of sessions and speakers.
Day One – Monday 15 March
Session 1: Introduction, Keynote Speech, and the Work of LBMA
Master of Ceremony's Address
Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, London Bullion Market Association
Chief Executive’s Welcome and Remarks
Ruth Crowell, Chief Executive, London Bullion Market Association
Keynote Speech: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry. A Precious Tool for the Trace Determination in Noble Metals
Professor José-Luis Todolí Torró, University of Alicante, Spain | View Slides
The LBMA Good Delivery System – Update
Varsha Peiris, Good Delivery List Officer, London Bullion Market Association | View Slides
Session 2: Assaying 1
Moderator: Dr Stewart Murray, GDL Consultant, London Bullion Market Association, United Kingdom
Precision Determination of Precious Metals with ICP-OES History: Application, Limits & Future of Precision Analysis with ICP
Stefan Zorn, Agosi Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG, Germany | View Slides
A Case Study on the Added Value of ICP-MS for the Analysis of Fine Gold
Maarten Moens, Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Belgium | View Slides
The Analysis of Gold Wire Using SPARK OES
Barbara Badiello, PAMP SA, Switzerland | View Slides
Session 3: Refining 1
Moderator: Varsha Peiris, Good Delivery List Officer, London Bullion Market Association, United Kingdom
Managing Exposure to Harmful Contaminants in Precious Metals Refining: The Royal Canadian Mint's Approach
Charles Daoust & Rob Sargent, Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | View Slides
The Recovery of Precious Metals in Wastewater with Nanotechnologies
Dr Mario Orsenigo, PAMP SA, Switzerland | View Slides
Where Did the Gold Go? - Precious Metals Losses in Refineries
Michael Mooiman, Argo Advisors International, United States | View Slides
The Role of High Temperature Smelting in the Refining of Precious Metals from Secondary Sources
Leslie Liddiard, Plasma Processing UK Ltd., United Kingdom | View Slides
Session 4: Assaying 2
Moderator: Dr Mike Hinds, MHinds Analytical Consulting Inc., Canada
ISO Standards for Precious Metals - A Review of the TC 174 Current & Future Work
Dr Jonathan Jodry, Metalor Technologies, Switzerland | View Slides
Specifics of the Main Component Calculation When Assaying Fine Precious Metals
D.I. Rabchin, M Chizhnik & M Shubakova JSC Krastsvetmet, Russia (Presented by Alexandra Gavrilova) | View Slides
Settlement Analysis for Jewelry and Dental Scrap by XRF - A Comparison to an Established ICP-OES Method
Alexa Paretzki, Verena Arens, Ronald Röhr & Tobias Glaser, Hereaus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Germany | View Slides
A Study on a Verification of Trace Elements in Precious Metals Analyzed by GD-MS
Yutaka Ohtani & Hiroshi Sawai, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan | View Slides
Session 5: Feature Paper Presentation
Moderator: Dr Stewart Murray, GDL Consultant, London Bullion Market Association, United Kingdom
Geoforensic Passport of Mined Gold
Dr Barbara Beck, University of Lausanne, Switzerland & Dr Jonathan Jodry, Metalor Technologies, Switzerland | View Slides
Session 6: Refining 2
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Jodry, Metalor Technologies, Switzerland
How the SEM-EDS Can Help the Refinery
Amanda Hefer, Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd, South Africa | View Slides
Good Delivery Bar Casting Technologies and Related Challenges and Critical Aspects - How Advanced Solutions can Overcome These Challenges
Giovanni Faoro & Enrico Cappellini, IKOI S.p.A., Italy | View Slides
Tarnishing and Milky Spots on Silver
Alessia Sironi, Luca Maerna & Pedro Pianezzi, Valcambi SA, Switzerland | View Slides
Session 7: Assaying 3
Moderator: Madeleine Theron, Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
Deleterious Metals and Their Impact on Splitting Limits and Assay Exchanges for Au Doré
Dave Murray, Asahi Refining Canada Ltd., Canada | View Slides
Role of Cu in Fine Gold Fire Assay Analysis
Pankaj Deshmukh, MMTC-PAMP India Pvt Ltd, India | View Slides
Proof Correction Strategies for Cupellation Fire Assay
Dr Mike Hinds, MHinds Analytical Consulting Inc., Canada | View Slides
Session 8: General 1
Moderator: Dr Mike Hinds, MHinds Analytical Consulting Inc., Canada
Assessment of 20 Trace Elements in Au Fingerprint Studies Using LA ICP-MS
Riana Rossouw, Stellenbosch University, South Africa | View Slides
In-House Test Methods to Determine Content of Precious Methods to 999.9ppt by ICP-OES
Dr Belen Morales, Sheffield Assay Office, United Kingdom | View Slides
ISO 11596 - Sampling of Precious Metals. A Detailed View
Alessandro Ruffoni, Argor-Heraeus SA, Switzerland | View Slides
Session 9: General 2
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Jodry, Metalor Technologies, Switzerland
LBMA Reference Material Project Update 2021
Dr Mike Hinds, LBMA GDL Consultant, Canada | View Slides
Practical Challenges During the Preparation of Solid Reference Materials for the Purity Determination of Rh
Victoria Anderson, Damini Surender & Stephen Woollam, Anglo American Platinum, South Africa | View Slides
Research of the Homogeneity of the Distribution of Elements in CRM and the Dependence of the Value on the Shape of the Material Under Study.
Konstantin Shatnykh, Alyona Shleining & Evgeniya Popova, JSC Krastsvetmet, Russia | View Slides
Session 10: Summary and Q&A
Moderator: Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, London Bullion Market Association
Alessandro Ruffoni, Argor-Heraeus SA, Switzerland
Barbara Badiello, PAMP SA, Switzerland
Dr Jonathan Jodry, Metalor Technologies, Switzerland
Hitoshi Kosai, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan
Madeleine Theron, Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd, South Africa