Using a proprietary chemical process pioneered by Canadian firm Excir, England's The Royal Mint has begun mining old circuit boards from electronic devices for gold and converting what's harvested ...

The Royal Mint, maker of the UK's coins, has begun processing electronic waste to extract gold from it. The company has built a large industrial plant on its site in Llantrisant in Wales to remove the ...

The Royal Mint - the UK's official maker of British coins - has unveiled a new factory where it plans to reclaim gold from electronic waste. Every year, millions of tonnes of electronic waste like ...

One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Cawley in Sydney, Australia, are cashing in. He’s partnered ...

It's a profitable trade that comes with significant health risks Afghan smelters extract gold from cameras and car navigation screen devices at a workshop near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin ...