The Argor-Heraeus Swiss Gold Refinery Product Catalogue

Argor-Heraeus is one of the world's most renowned and respected gold bar manufacturers. Their 25-page catalogue from the Swiss precious metals refinery provides a comprehensive overview of the Argor factory's operations and product range.

ARGOR'S PRINCIPAL PRECIOUS METAL PRODUCTS

• Cast and minted gold bars, silver bars, platinum bars, palladium bars, and wafers
• Unissued gold coin blanks (blank coins), other coins, and medallions
• Semi-finished precious metal products

ARGOR-HERAEUS'S PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

The company refines and processes raw materials sourced from mines and scrap gold dealers, transforming them into gold and silver coins, investment gold bars, and semi-finished products for the luxury goods sector.

In addition, Argor-Heraeus provides precious metals market services, including gold account, silver account, platinum account, and palladium account management, as well as access to refinancing against gold inventory held in custody and precious metals market hedging instruments. Argor contracts exclusively with wholesale partners, preceded by rigorous vetting.

ARGOR-HERAEUS INVESTMENT GOLD PRODUCTS

The catalogue contains the full product range with which Argor serves the European and Far Eastern markets. As a result, the gold product portfolio includes not only gram-denominated bars but also bars struck in tael and tola weight units. Kinebar and Multicard technology minted gold wafers are also featured.

The smallest gold wafer in Argor's range is 1 gram; the largest is 100 grams. All are packaged in plastic certificates. Cast gold bar dimensions are expressed in millimetres in length, width, and height. Each cast bar is accompanied by an individual certificate. The largest gold bar is the Good Delivery gold ingot, which weighs 400 troy ounces and is approximately twelve and a half kilograms. Argor produces gold ingots in four-nines (99.99%) and 995 (99.5%) purity. In the European market, virtually all bars in circulation are the four-nines 99.99% pure variety.

ARGOR-HERAEUS INVESTMENT SILVER BAR PRODUCTS

The range of minted silver bars packaged in plastic certificates runs from 5 grams to 500 grams. Above this weight, silver ingots are produced using casting technology. The smallest cast silver ingot is 125 grams; the largest is 31,000 grams, which is also the standard bar deliverable to the London precious metals market (Good Delivery silver bar). All silver bars are of three-nines purity, meaning they may contain up to one tenth of one percent of impurities other than silver (99.9% purity).

ARGOR FACTORY INVESTMENT PLATINUM PRODUCTS

The smallest minted platinum wafer starts at 1 gram and runs to 100 grams. Like the gold wafers, they are also packaged in plastic certificates. Multicard platinum wafers are also available, containing either 5 or 10 individual 1-gram platinum wafers per card. The 500-gram and 1,000-gram platinum ingots are the largest platinum bars available for retail sale. The Good Delivery standard platinum bar spans a weight range from one kilogram to six kilograms. All platinum products are 99.95% pure.

ARGOR-HERAEUS INVESTMENT PALLADIUM PRODUCTS

Palladium bars are produced in size ranges similar to platinum bars, from 1 gram to 1,000 grams, with bars from 1 gram to 100 grams packaged in plastic certificates. Palladium Multicard wafers are also available, likewise in 5x1 gram and 10x1 gram formats. According to Good Delivery palladium bar specifications, palladium bars from one kilogram to six kilograms may be delivered into vaults for London precious metals market settlement purposes. Palladium bars are also 99.95% pure.

The Argor investment precious metal product catalogue is available to download in PDF format here.