Electronic waste contains precious metals, which can be safely dissolved and separated with recyclable fatty acids, without the use of corrosive substances. A new technique enables the use of, for ...

What if your old bottle of cooking oil could help save the planet and your smartphone? That's the big idea behind a groundbreaking discovery by researchers in Finland. Scientists from the University ...

A breakthrough technology to extract silver from decommissioned solar panels has been mastered by Macquarie University researchers, and in partnership with Lithium Universe, will see the resource ...

LU7 is focusing its first phase of solar panel recycling extraction on silver Silver demand is projected to reach a record 680Moz in 2025 The second phase will involve the extraction of other valuable ...

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Silver occupies a distinctive position within the global precious metals landscape because its availability is shaped less by market sentiment and more by the p ...