Investigating the Standard Process of Conventional Gold Refining Process in Kelantan, Malaysia

DOI

10.2991/seee-15.2015.42How to use a DOI?

Keywords

component; gold; refining process; standard process; Malaysia

Abstract

The conventional method of gold refining process is widely used and it seems no further effort has been taken to improvise the system. Safety, productivity and reliability issue remains to be crucial barrier to local jewelers to refine their in-house gold scrap. The findings have brought the researcher to conduct site visits to some of the refinery centers to identify their popularly known conventional gold refinery process. Based on researcher early observation during the site visits has founded that current refinery practice seems unsafe and dangerous due to improper handling of acidic chemical substances and unhealthy refining procedures at the workplace. The process normally produce smokes, poisonous fumes and smells that could endanger human’s health, safety and pollutes the environment largely without proper control measures.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kaspin Saadiah
AU  - Nadiah Mohamad
PY  - 2015/10
DA  - 2015/10
TI  - Investigating the Standard Process of Conventional Gold Refining Process in Kelantan, Malaysia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 172
EP  - 175
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/seee-15.2015.42
DO  - 10.2991/seee-15.2015.42
ID  - Saadiah2015/10
ER  -