Silver lining: The Royal Mint to use extracted precious metals for new products

Posted on 3 Aug 2023 by The Manufacturer

The Royal Mint has taken an exciting step in its business transformation journey and has partnered with Betts Metals, a 300-year-old family business, to use silver sourced entirely from medical x-ray films within its jewellery collection, 886 by The Royal Mint.

With its strong commitment to sustainability, X-Ray Silver is an important step in reducing The Royal Mint’s reliance on mined materials and offers an innovative solution to a rapidly increasing demand for silver. Hospitals all over the country, and the world, are storing x-ray film well beyond its retention date, incurring associated storage costs. This…

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