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Chinese scientists recover 98% of gold from old phones in 20 minutes at low cost

Chinese scientists have developed a rapid e-waste mining method that extracts gold in under 20 minutes at around one-third of ...
TechSpot

Breakthrough non-toxic method developed to extract gold from e-waste

Forward-looking: A team of Australian researchers has unveiled a breakthrough method for extracting gold that could dramatically reduce the environmental and health hazards long associated with mining ...
EurekAlert!

Jackpot! Gold from e-waste opens a rich vein for miners and the environment

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 ...
Science Daily

This breakthrough turns old tech into pure gold — No mercury, no cyanide, just light and salt

At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...
The Conversation

There’s gold trapped in your iPhone – and chemists have found a safe new way to extract it

Justin M. Chalker is an inventor on patents associated with the gold leaching and recovery technology. Both patents are wholly owned by Flinders University. This research was supported financially by ...
Nature

Refractory Gold Ore Processing and Recovery

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 ...