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Filter Helps Recover 80% of Gold in Mobile Phone Scrap

Posted April 10, 2014 10:23 AM

From Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories:

Mobile phone scrap can contain precious metals, such as gold and copper. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a biological filter made of mushroom mycelium mats enabling recovery of as much as 80% of the gold in electronic scrap. Extraction of copper from circuit board waste, on the other hand, can be enhanced significantly by flotation the crushed and sieved material.

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04/11/2014 10:46 AM

Gold ?, ya say?

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