Star does its own refining. Our London refinery is one of the largest gold and precious metal refining facilities serving the dental market.

The total time required to ship, refine, assay and make payment is 15 working days for US customers.

Every dental scrap refiner claims to offer the highest returns. Unfortunately there is a lot of double talk in the refining industry. Star tells you the straight story. When you are looking for the highest return there are only three variables. 1.) What percentage of the precious metal in your dental scrap is lost by your refiner during the refining process? 2.) Does your refiner get you the best market price for your recovered metals? 3.) What fees does your refiner subtract?

Very, very little. No refiner can recover 100% of the precious metal in your dental scrap. However, Star Refining utilizes the best European refining technologies. Our ISO certified refinery employs some of the most highly skilled refining and recovery tradesmen in London, the centre of the world's precious metals market. The bottom line: Star will recover as much or more than any other refiner - in some cases significantly more.

Absolutely! Star has the London advantage. Our location at the centre of the world's busiest precious metals market gives us the access and experience required to get an extra one or two points on a deal - that's the difference between a good price and an exceptional price!

No. Star's high volume (we have 14,000 customers worldwide), superior European technology and our highly skilled London refinery workers add up to the most efficient refining operation. Our costs are lower therefore our fees are lower. Furthermore, we offset our refining and assay fees by playing the London market. There's zero risk to our customers - you get immediate payment at the London price on the day your scrap is sold. But meanwhile, Star's master traders are playing the London market, hedging our inventory of refined gold and metals against every fluctuation of the market. Our fees are very low because our costs are low and because we make money playing the London market. (We also allow our customers a choice to refine and play the market.)

Read the FAQs. Star loses less of your precious metal scrap in the refining process, we give you the best London market price and we leverage the London advantage to offer the best refining service for the lowest possible fees. There's no double talk at Star.