19-08-2019 Business Non-Ferrous Metals US metal thieves get away with US$ 300 000 haul Scrap thieves recently stole US$ 300 000 worth of precious metal from the 3V chemical plant in Georgetown, South Carolina….
26-07-2019 Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Ground control to Major Tom: rare earths from the moon Extracting rare earth metals from the surface of the moon ‘will be possible this century’, according to NASA administrator Jim…
25-07-2019 Non-Ferrous Metals Research US chemists receive US$ 1.8 million grant to maximise metals recovery America’s National Science Foundation has awarded a US $1.8 million grant to establish the Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals (CSSM)….
08-07-2019 Business Non-Ferrous Metals Krestin: precious metals play crucial role Oliver Krestin, one of the managing directors of Germany’s Hensel Recycling, has become president of the international precious metals association….
26-06-2019 Business Non-Ferrous Metals Metallix takes precious metals expertise overseas US precious metals recycling firm Metallix Refining Inc. has launched a European division: Metallix Refining Europe. The new operation will…
25-01-2019 Non-Ferrous Metals Research Widening gap between PGM supply and demand may curb autocat growth The automotive catalyst market will grow by approximately 4% by 2023, according to new data by Research & Markets. A…
09-01-2019 Non-Ferrous Metals Research Japanese specialists find answer to recovering precious metals from cars Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are investigating the selective dismantling of certain components from used vehicles to increase the…
03-10-2018 E-scrap Non-Ferrous Metals Scottish researchers find way to target gold in e-scrap Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are developing a new compound to extract gold from used electronics. Around 7% of…
01-08-2018 E-scrap Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Umicore: why predicting PGM levels in autocats is difficult Umicore is ‘confident’ that there will be a healthy market for autocatalyst recyclers – at least for the foreseeable future. The recycler…
06-07-2018 E-scrap Non-Ferrous Metals E-waste fashion: are you wearing Dell? Electronics created by Dell are getting an unexpected new afterlife application. The consumer products brand is transforming various components from…
02-07-2018 Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Reuters survey confirms ‘healthy’ growth in autocatalyst scrap The platinum price will exceed US$ 1 000/oz in the second half of this year, market analysts believe. Despite a steady increase in…
