A big part of the recycling of electronic equipment is the recovery of metals such as gold. Usually the printed circuit boards and other components are shredded, sorted, and then separated. But ...

Exceptional Gold Recovery: 96% and 91% gold recoveries from coarse ¾ inch material, representing a mix of oxidized and non-oxidized fresh mineralization from 9 drill holes from the Chicken Mountain ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic waste poses one of the fastest growing waste challenges worldwide, with over 50 million tons generated annually. Yet hidden in obsolete devices lies substantial amounts ...

Scientists have figured out a way to recycle important metals trapped inside electrical waste. Using textiles, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have improved the ...

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a sustainable method to recover gold from electronic waste. The method uses a sponge made from denatured whey proteins that selectively adsorb gold ions. The ...

In a recent paper published in the Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology announced that they have created a technology that uses ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold ...

Recovery of up to 85.3% gold (Au), 79.1% copper (Cu) and 55.3% silver (Ag) from the combined sulphide flotation and leaching test work using a master composite derived from Whistler Deposit drill core ...