E-scrap processors receive higher metal prices - E-Scrap News

Global economic conditions have helped push up the scrap value of principal metals used in electronics.

 





The major reason for processor smiles is the strong and ongoing surge in the value of palladium.
The price paid for the white metal has risen 50 percent since last
summer, topping off at about $1,400 per ounce, which exceeds the current
value for gold.









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Gold Refining 740 Grams of Gold Filled Scrap

Kericho dropout makes his own 'Jeep'

Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas

I hope you have an awesome day!

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. 
Agnes M. Pahro 

Plasma technology retrieves precious metals from e-waste

Plasma technology retrieves precious metals from e-waste: Tetronics International is aiming to address the growing issue of electronic waste by using plasma to recover precious metals from the debris.

Tetronics’ clean plasma technology turns old electronic devices into
value by extracting precious metals such as gold, silver, copper and tin
whilst eliminating the hazardous materials.


The heat and ultraviolet light properties of plasma, an ionised or
electrically charged gas, are designed to smelt and separate precious
metals in a furnace, whilst destroying any harmful elements. A
non-hazardous vitrified material is left behind, which the company calls
Plasmarok and which can be used as a building material for the
construction industry.



Very interesting technology,  

Sources say Arkansas PCB refiner is closing - E-Scrap News

Sources say Arkansas PCB refiner is closing - E-Scrap News: E-Scrap News

Gold prices likely to rise by year-end: analysts - Economy

Maybe time to start thinking of early Christmas presents?

Representatives of gold trading companies said this was the best time to buy gold.

Global
gold prices have been falling for months especially with the relentless
appreciation of the US dollar. Gold and the greenback traditionally
have an inverse correlation.

However,
the recent economic and political instability around the world could
put paid to this, and the precious metal could resume its role as a safe
haven, which would cause its price to rise strongly, the
representatives said.

Read more at
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/business-beat/469795/gold-prices-likely-to-rise-by-year-end-analysts.html#tohPq1DHDGz6f7aK.99

Worst may be over for silver, is likely to deliver better returns than gold

Worst may be over for silver, is likely to deliver better returns than gold: Expectations of a weak dollar and support from gold will help silver prices recover, say experts

New Way to target

 I'd love to know what chemicals they are using...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are developing a new compound to extract gold from used electronics. Around 7% of the world’s gold is inside e-scrap, of which less than one-third is currently salvaged, according to project leader Professor Jason Love.

One tonne of gold ore contains around up to 5 grams of pure gold. However, a tonne of discarded mobile phones easily holds 300 grams of the valuable metal, Love says. The chemical reagent pioneered by in Edinburgh effectively recovers ‘a very high purity of gold’ from various types of discarded electronics.

First, the researchers place the printed circuit boards in a mild acid to dissolve metallic parts. An oily liquid containing the new reagent is then added, which allows gold to be extracted selectively from the complex mixture of metals found inside electronics.

Read the Full Article Here.

Any ideas for this please comment  - have a great day :-)

Aircraft bombs found among metal scrap at secondhand shop

 

 

Aircraft bombs found among metal scrap at secondhand shop: Two MK-82 free-fall, non-guided general purpose aircraft bombs were discovered on Sunday in piles of metal scrap at a “Sieng Kong” secondhand mechanic parts-trading shop in the Khong Chai district of Kalasin province.