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The European Chapter of the IPMI

The European Chapter of the International Precious Metals Institute (EC-IPMI) provides an industry-wide platform to share information on precious metals issues and topics while offering resources and opportunities for its members.

About Us

The Chapter provides a platform for liaison between participants in the precious metals industry, environmental and conservation groups, government, educational institutions, and the general public; through information dissemination in the areas of precious metals technology and associated sciences, and to cooperate with established precious metal trade, scientific and educational organisations.

EC-IPMI collect and disseminate information on any and all aspects of precious metals technology, education, research or application sciences through conferences, workshops, forums, newsletters, bulletins, journals or other public information media, and instructional sessions, involving precious metals.

Past Events

Seminar Lisbon

November 2022

Platinum Week London

May 2022

Seminar Dublin

November 2021

European Chapter President

Lynda Si-Ahmed is the Refining Group Business Development Manager at Metalor Technolgies SA, based in Switzerland, and has worked 17 years in the precious metals industry and 5 years in the base metal industry.

With a Ph. D in chemistry and an executive MBA form HEC Lausanne, she held different positions at Metalor and has spent more of her career leading precious metal R&D projects, managing strategic projects and actively working in new businesses development, implementation & management including sales and marketing of PGM industrial products.

Lynda Si-Ahmed
President, European Chapter of the IPMI

What We Do

European Chapter Membership

We offer an array of support for our members, such as technical, economic, environmental, and educational information.

Membership Information

Events

The European Chapter of the IPMI hosts 2 events in the year to provide invaluable networking opportunities for our members.

Upcoming Events

Sponsorships

The European Chapter of the IPMI offers opportunities to companies interested to sponsor our events throughout the year.

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News

Improved recycling process for PGMs in electrolyzers and fuel cells preserves fluorinated-membrane materials for recovery

April 01, 2026

Conventional recycling of CCMs (left) and HyRefine process (right)

In a new recycling process, developed by JM, PGMs are recovered from CCMs without incinerating the perfluorosulfonic acid-based ionomers on which the operation of PEM electrolyzers and fuel cells depend. In a complementary process, developed in parallel by Syensqo, the ionomers are extracted, purified and reconditioned for reuse.

Dip-buyers arrive to pull gold back from brink of a bear market

March 30, 2026

Opportunistic buyers are starting to emerge in the gold market after the biggest selloff in years, helping to keep bullion’s record-breaking three-year bull run intact.

Platinum price steadies near $1,870 as volatile rebound meets firm yields

March 29, 2026

Platinum traded near $1,870 on Friday, March 27, after a sharp two-way session pulled the metal off its earlier low but stopped short of a clean recovery. Spot prices swung between about $1,817 and $1,915, leaving traders to weigh bargain buying against a still-firm U.S. dollar, rising Treasury yields and oil back above the $100 area.