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[caption id="attachment_14079" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Gold is a key metal for e-scrap processors. | Don Bendickson/Shutterstock[/caption] Prices for an important precious metal increased notably in recent weeks, raising the value of recovered printed circuit boards. Gold is t

[caption id="attachment_13521" align="aligncenter" width="995"] EnviroLeach has been developing a non-toxic hydrometallurgical metals leaching method for several years. | Courtesy of Enviroleach.[/caption] Circuit board processor EnviroLeach is gearing up to bring its Canadian facility to commercial-scale capacity in the next two months.

[caption id="attachment_13208" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The recently introduced legislation covers solar panels in residential, commercial and industrial use. | Heinz Trebuth/Shutterstock[/caption] Legislation in Arizona would establish recycling requirements for end-of-life solar panels, requiring manufacturers to create a recy

[caption id="attachment_13099" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Umicore noted China's restrictions on scrap material imports helped ensure an ample supply of scrap PCBs. | Iryna Imago/Shutterstock[/caption] Umicore enjoyed greater profits last year thanks in part to higher metals prices and China's

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900"] China's imports of some categories of non-ferrous metals, including copper, have gone down because of import quotas. | Andrew b Stowe/Shutterstock[/caption] Reports from the Bureau of International Recycling shine a light on non-ferrous scrap metal markets as we enter the new year, particularly in Chin

The PCB Scrap Recovery system is designed specifically to process low-grade circuit boards. | Courtesy of PCB Scrap Recovery. A Mexican engineering firm has developed a printed circuit board processing system marked by low resource use and simplicity.

[caption id="attachment_1244" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Baltic Control has approval to inspect a variety of U.S. shipments to China | stockstudio/Shutterstock[/caption] U.S.

[caption id="attachment_12483" align="aligncenter" width="900"] In Vancouver, Wash., Simon Metals operated a 55,000-square-foot end-of-life electronics processing facility.

[caption id="attachment_12403" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Researchers discovered employees working near an e-scrap shredder had elevated levels of lead in their blood. | Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock[/caption] This story has been updated. Testing at a New England e-scrap facility showed that two employees working near

With the roster of companies attaining third-party certifications or audits continuing to grow, E-Scrap News has compiled a roundup of recently certified firms.