The new technique eliminates toxic chemicals by using a common disinfectant and a recyclable polymer to recover gold from electronic waste. Researchers at Flinders University revealed a method to ...

The new gold-extraction technique, which they describe in a new paper published today in Nature Sustainability, could also make small-scale gold mining less poisonous for people – and the planet.

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% from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 million ...

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

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 ...

Refractory gold ores present significant challenges to conventional extraction methods. In these ores, gold is tightly encapsulated within sulphide minerals or locked by carbonaceous matter, thereby ...

In today’s world of rapidly evolving technology, it is common for households to have overflowing drawers of outdated electronics like phones, cables, and circuit boards. What many don’t realise is ...

A groundbreaking new technology for gold extraction from cyanide processes is revolutionizing the mining industry by significantly boosting precious metal recovery rates through the recycling of this ...