Newsletter: LPPM Platinum and Palladium Sponge Accreditation

Full details of the accreditation processes for Current LPPM Good Delivery Refiners and New Applicant

08 March 2021

Further to our Newsletter announcing the launch of the LPPM’s new Sponge Accreditation initiative.

Full details of the accreditation processes for Current LPPM Good Delivery Refiners and New Applicants are published today on the website:

Link: LPPM Sponge Accreditation for Platinum and Palladium

A lot of work has been done by the LPPM referees during 2019 and 2020, including two major round robin analysis exercise of sponge samples and method comparison. This has resulted in a set of standards detailed on the website.

For refiners currently on the LPPM GD bar list Sponge Accreditation is not metal dependant i.e., a refiner only on the Platinum GD bar list will be added to both the Platinum and palladium sponge accreditation lists.

All the current rules and standards for LPPM Good Delivery ingots remain unchanged.

John Metcalf – Chairman LPPM

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