The precious metals in the UK will be extracted from neglected electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptops thanks to the introduction of new technology, according to Royal Mint.
The company said: “The Royal Currency House has signed an agreement with the Canadian EXCIR Company for clean technology to spread the world's first technology in the United Kingdom to extract and process gold and other precious metals safely from electronic waste.”.
The patented Excir technology, based on revolutionary chemistry, extracts gold from electronic waste in circuit boards for laptops and neglected mobile phones.
According to the ITU, more than 50 million tons of electronic waste is produced annually in the world, and if nothing is done, this number will reach by 2030 to 74 million tons..Currently, less than 20% of electronic waste is recycled all over the world.The International Telecommunication Union indicates that in this way gold, silver, copper, albadium, and other precious minerals, which are estimated at about $ 57 billion, are eliminated..
What is the amount of gold in the modern computer
If you take a full computer with terminal devices, keyboard and mouse, you will get about 1.5-2 grams of gold.Before 2000, computers used more precious metals than modern metals.This is not because of the economy, but because of production technology.
Most treatments contain the amount of gold
Pentium Pro - 11.4 mg grams
Intel i486-8.6 mg grams
Intel i435 Dx4-8.5 mg grams
I processor-6- millimeter grams
I 486 t486dlc - 6.72 mg grams
IBM 6x86MX PR200-5.75 mg grams.
Source: Sputnik
