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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

Gold will top $5,500 in 2027, could reach $10,000 by 2030, but silver’s upside will narrow – Rockefeller’s Moglia

May 29, 2026

Gold remains the anchor of the commodity markets

“Precious metals have been the leader, with gold up 92% and silver more than doubling (+152%) since the start of 2025,” Moglia said. “Gold has been supported by persistent central bank purchases which accelerated starting in 2022 following the sanction of Russian foreign exchange reserves. However, 2025 marked an inflection point in the precious metals rally, as speculative momentum flows surged ...

Platinum shines brightest in bullish 2026 PGM outlook - Metals Focus

May 19, 2026

After a strong start to the year, Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) have been stuck in a range for the last few months, but according to one research firm, prices across the entire sector are still expected to end the year with solid gains, led by Platinum.

Ruthenium nano-TSV and all-dry SOI thinning advance backside power delivery

May 18, 2026

(a) Integration schematic of an n-TSV in BSPDN architecture; (b) high-AR n-TSV array configuration; (c) calculated thermal stress mappings in n-TSVs with (i) vertical and (ii) tapered sidewalls. Contour scale: 0–500 MPa. BPR: buried power rail.

A research team has developed an integrated process combining pure ruthenium-based nano through-silicon via fabrication and extreme all-dry thinning of silicon-on-insulator wafers to support backside power-delivery networks for advanced three-dimensional integrated circuits, according to a new study published in Engineering.