Scientists at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have developed a new process designed to improve gold recovery and recycle toxic cyanide used in mining. The method, called ‘Sustainable Gold ...

Researchers have developed a new type of material that's 10 times more efficient at extracting gold from e-waste than previous adsorbents. Developed by chemists and materials scientists at the ...

In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82 per cent from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese researchers have discovered a fast, low-cost and environmentally cleaner method for extracting gold from electronic waste, ...

(Nanowerk News) Throughout history, alchemists believed in the existence of the philosopher’s stone: a substance that could turn cheap substances into precious gold. Now scientists from The University ...

Freeport, New York — At eWorks in Freeport, New York, piles of dusty televisions, personal computers, printers and other old tech are the start of an electronic treasure hunt. "There is a value that ...

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a discovery that they say could turn recycling e-waste into a literal goldmine. The researchers devised a novel way to extract precious ...

EXPLORATION and development work continue at the Omai Gold Project in Guyana as Avalon Gold Exploration Inc progresses on a ...

Some types of technology, such as smartphones and tablets, have become disposable to consumers. Chemistry could have a role to play when it comes to recycling items like old cell phones. Cell phones, ...