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There's treasure in trash — literally. Discarded computers, circuit boards, and other electronic waste contain valuable metals like gold. Now, breakthrough research could make extracting gold easier ...

The Royal Mint has opened a new factory to remove gold from old computers and phones and turn it into jewellery and collectables. The facility provides a sustainable source of precious metals and ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: The UK's coin-producing Royal Mint will soon recycle discarded phones and laptops to extract gold, silver, and other precious metals from the devices using a "revolutionary" world-first ...

ITRI Innovation Ltd. (a subsidiary of ITRI, based in Hertfordshire, U.K.) has launched a joint venture with its partner Ultromex Ltd. to recover tin and other metals from scrap circuit boards. The ...

It might sound surprising, but your smartphone actually has real gold inside it. Gold is used in tiny amounts in phones, laptops, and other gadgets because it’s really good at conducting electricity ...