[caption id="attachment_6761" align="alignright" width="300"] Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
Scientists have developed an environmentally friendly way to recover rare earth elements from shredded electronic scrap without the need for pre-sorting of materials.
Researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) found a way to dissolve rare earths metals, which are used in hard drive magnets, using an acid-free solution.
A unique, non-toxic leaching technology that's been deployed in Canada is set to roll out at the site of an electronics manufacturer in Tennessee.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based EnviroLeach will start up its first full-scale North American processing facility in a facility in Memphis.
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm's latest financial filings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of Australia-based scrap metal company Sims Metal Management, contributed earnings of 20 million Australian dollar
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The value of gold has been on a month-long price rise, with investors moving money from equities into commodities.
At the same time, the value of copper and aluminum on the metal exchanges has risen to three-year highs as a result
Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
That's one takeaway from a researcher who co-authored a new report titled "Lessons learned
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Advanced Recovery & Recycling (ARR), based in Syracuse, N.Y., is in the process of building out a "depopulator" machine that uses heat and vibrations to separate precious metal-bearin
A professor has been honored by the U.S. EPA for developing a fast and low-cost method of recycling rare earth elements, including those inside electronics.
A team led by Prof. Eric J. Schelter of the University of Pennsylvania conducted research into separating blends of rare earth elements found in consumer devices.
Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals.
E-Scrap News first reported on the technology last summer, when Mineworx filed for a patent on the formula.
A fertilizer and silver producer has begun processing scrap printed circuit boards to isolate precious metals.
Reno, Nev.-based Itronics provided an update on its process this week, explaining it is using two furnaces
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
Scientists have developed an environmentally friendly way to recover rare earth elements from shredded electronic scrap without the need for pre-sorting of materials.
Researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) found a way to dissolve rare earths metals, which are used in hard drive magnets, using an acid-free solution.
A unique, non-toxic leaching technology that's been deployed in Canada is set to roll out at the site of an electronics manufacturer in Tennessee.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based EnviroLeach will start up its first full-scale North American processing facility in a facility in Memphis.
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm's latest financial filings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of Australia-based scrap metal company Sims Metal Management, contributed earnings of 20 million Australian dollar
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The value of gold has been on a month-long price rise, with investors moving money from equities into commodities.
At the same time, the value of copper and aluminum on the metal exchanges has risen to three-year highs as a result 
Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
That's one takeaway from a researcher who co-authored a new report titled "
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Advanced Recovery & Recycling (ARR), based in Syracuse, N.Y., is in the process of building out a "depopulator" machine that uses heat and vibrations to separate precious metal-bearin
A professor has been honored by the U.S. EPA for developing a fast and low-cost method of recycling rare earth elements, including those inside electronics.
A team led by Prof. Eric J. Schelter of the University of Pennsylvania conducted research into separating blends of rare earth elements found in consumer devices.
Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals.
E-Scrap News 
A fertilizer and silver producer has begun processing scrap printed circuit boards to isolate precious metals.
Reno, Nev.-based Itronics