EXCLUDING mechanical, smelting, and amalgamation processes, the methods of extracting gold from its ores may conveniently be grouped together under the heading of wet or chemical methods. In these, ...

Researchers have developed a new type of material that's 10 times more efficient at extracting gold from e-waste than previous adsorbents. Developed by chemists and materials scientists at the ...

Chemours is selling its mining solutions business to the Czech cyanide maker Draslovka Holding for $520 million. The Chemours unit makes sodium cyanide, used to separate gold and silver from ore. The ...

Some types of technology, such as smartphones and tablets, have become disposable to consumers. Chemistry could have a role to play when it comes to recycling items like old cell phones. Cell phones, ...

Chinese man recovers 191 grams of gold from old SIM cards, video goes viral (Image: Canva) A man in China claims to have recovered 191 grams of gold from discarded SIM cards and electronic waste, ...

Swirling together immiscible liquids in a separatory funnel or seeing crystals materialize in a beaker might be some of the more entertaining activities in undergraduate chemistry labs. But these ...

The circuit boards inside your old phone may seem worthless, destined for the trash heap. But to a team of researchers at Cornell University, they are a treasure trove—literally. Led by postdoctoral ...

For at least 16 million people worldwide, artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity, particularly in rural, impoverished communities. But the industry is ...