metals

By rr_test_admin, 2 May, 2019

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Exterior of a Dell company building in Calif. A major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production. Dell is working with hard drive manufacturer Seagate and ITAD firm Teleplan on a pilot project that is feeding
By rr_test_admin, 4 April, 2019
University researcher with dishes of various metals from a phone.With an eye toward demonstrating the variety and amount of metals available from e-scrap, geologists at an English university used a household blender to take a look inside a mobile device. The University of Plymouth scientists dropped an intact mobile phone into a blender and shredded it int
By rr_test_admin, 28 March, 2019
A pile of e-scrap containing gold.A North Carolina startup is working to scale up its ability to generate investment-grade gold from e-scrap components. Evotus is building a plant in Raleigh to recover gold via a chemical dissolution process. Initially, the facility will take in computer processors or other components with over 1,500 grams of gold per ton.
By rr_test_admin, 21 March, 2019

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Circuit boards gathered for recycling.Metals company Boliden recovered copper and precious metals from 95,000 short tons of printed circuit boards in 2018, up 12 percent year over year, according to an annual report. The European metals mining and refining company recovers metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs) at its Rönnskär sme
By rr_test_admin, 21 February, 2019
Shredded e-scrap showing gold and other metals. Revenue and earnings for global e-scrap processor Sims Recycling Solutions dropped in the second half of 2018 compared with the same period a year earlier. Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the e-scrap arm of Sims Metal Management,
By rr_test_admin, 21 February, 2019
Close up of lithium-ion batteries for recycling.Two government initiatives looking to energize the lithium-ion battery recycling sector have officially launched, offering prize money to recycling entrepreneurs and a dedicated laboratory to house research projects. The U.S.