Beneath a mountain of discarded electronics, a team of Australian scientists has unearthed a new way to extract gold — without the environmental toll. In a breakthrough published in Nature ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, says it has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a revolutionary method to extract gold from electronic waste using a milk-derived aerogel. This sustainable approach offers a greener alternative to traditional ...

Gold recovery from carbonaceous ores represents a significant challenge in mineral processing due to the inherent presence of organic carbonaceous matter that can adsorb gold cyanide complexes, a ...

E-waste is often considered an environmental hazard, but recent advancements in recycling technology have revealed its potential as a goldmine – quite literally. Globally, we generate an estimated 50 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, a bacterium called Cupriavidus metallidurans is transforming toxic metals into gold, offering a greener alternative to traditional mining. This microbe neutralizes ...

In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82 per cent from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 ...