A Samsung lithium-ion battery manufacturing subsidiary is exploring investment in recycling companies to recover cobalt and other materials, as demand climbs for the metals.
Samsung SDI, which makes automotive and small-form lithium-ion batteries, is looking to solidify a long-term supply of cobalt amid skyrocketin
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Market analysts say 2018 could be a golden year - or perhaps a silver and platinum one - for the prices of precious metals recovered from scrap electronics.
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Finnish recycling company Kuusakoski has refined its method for processing a key component of MRI machines and is now producing distinct streams of high-grade metals.
Most of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machi
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Dell has recycled e-plastics from end-of-life devices back into new electronics for years. Now, the global technology company is doing the same thing for gold.
Dell announced it has established an industry-first closed-loop supply chain for the precious metal.
A Houston company's rare earth element recovery technologies could mean another future revenue stream for electronics processors.
Startup company REEcycle has developed a chemical recycling process that extracts neodymium and dysprosium from magnets, including those used in electronics.
As it works to refine that process, the company is 
Scientists in India are working to refine the process of using microbes to extract metals from printed circuit boards.
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Sims Recycling Solutions' consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities.
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is planning to invest over $100 million to boost its global e-scrap processing footprint.
The investment will see the firm spend up to $107 million in several new facilities in Japan and one in the Netherlands, according to a