One 2008 study calculated that one ton of mobile phones without batteries contains about 130kg of copper, 3.5kg of silver, 340 grams of gold.

A Chinese man, dubbed 'The Alchemist,' has extracted nearly 200,000 yuan worth of gold from two tonnes of electronic waste, ...

Qiao has said that his video was not meant to showcase “alchemy” but was simply sharing his work.

Researchers at IIT Madras said they have developed a green and sustainable method to recover valuable metals, including ...

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel ...

A collaborative research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanyang ...

Desalination of seawater and sewage treatment plants leave behind water that contains high concentrations of salt, metals and ...

By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts ...

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