The Women of IPMI | International Precious Metals Institute

Our Mission

Work as a group, men and women, to empower businesswomen and support continued participation through networking, education, mentor/mentorship, and the marketing of career opportunities.

Foster an environment for women to thrive and be recognized in their professional development.

Carol Tyler
First Woman President of the IPMI
The Carol Tyler Award is named after her

Women of IPMI Overview

Membership

Open to all IPMI members.

Co-Chairs

Lynn Davis, FideliTrade
Julie Daugherty, Multimetco
Regine Albrecht, BASIQ Corporation

Chair or Co-Chairs of actual Working Committee will be selected by decision of IPMI Executive Committee with input from Executive Director

Activities, Duties, and Responsibilities

Organize meetings ~2 times per year to include relevant topics for the IPMI community.
Chairs are responsible for organizing the speakers and agenda for each meeting.
IPMI Executive Director organizes location and logistics of meeting.

Objectives

• Share practices including:

Enlisting sector experts and relevant industry participants to present and conduct discussion groups
Inspire and empower women to transcend traditional boundaries, harness inner strength to conquer work and life challenges and increase their confidence to create new paths in the precious metals industry.
Growth and Recognition – welcome new women and celebrate all accomplishments, promotions, milestones, and spotlights within the Precious Metals Industry.
Create a mentor\mentorship program to support the advancement of female leaders in the industry.
Bring awareness to and discuss difficult topics such as gender bias, family diversity and work life balance as a female in a male dominated industry.
Envision additional ways that the proposed committee can help ensure a thriving world for future generations in the Precious Metals Industry.

Keep up to date with the latest news and upcoming events with the Women of IPMI Committee.

This is available to all IPMI members.

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Women of IPMI News

TANAKA Successfully Develops the World's First[1] Manufacturing Technology for Platinum Materials with Nano-Sized Crystal Grains

November 15, 2024

The average grain size of a typical bulk metal is about 10 μm at the smallest. In this new technology, the average crystal grain size can be controlled in the nano scale. As a result, the developed pure platinum, with 99.9% or higher purity, has 10 times the hardness and 4 times the strength of typical platinum materials.

Solar underpins record high industrial demand for silver

November 15, 2024

The Silver Institute and Metals Focus says global silver demand in 2024 will largely grow due to gains from green economy applications, especially the PV sector. It expects the global silver market to show a physical deficit of around 182 million ounces in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year of shortfall.

KIST's New Catalyst Reduces Iridium Use for Green Hydrogen Production

November 04, 2024

A research team of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has successfully developed a high-efficiency water electrolysis catalyst that significantly reduces the amount of iridium used to one-twentieth of that in commercial catalysts. This innovation addresses a major hurdle in the global scale-up of water electrolysis facilities, where the high price of iridium catalysts has been a ...

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