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Researchers have developed a new type of material that’s 10 times more efficient at extracting gold from e-waste than ...

A new method for recovering high-purity gold from discarded electronics is paying back US$50 for every dollar spent, according to researchers – who found the key gold-filtering substance in ...

Forward-looking: A team of Australian researchers has unveiled a breakthrough method for extracting gold that could dramatically reduce the environmental and health hazards long associated with mining ...

Researchers from the University of Flinders in Australia have developed a safer method of gold extraction and recovery from ore and electronic waste. It is noted that the new technology is designed to ...

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