Aerospace manufacturers rely on high-temperature brazing alloys to bond turbine blades, heat exchangers, and structural honeycomb panels. Many of these alloys…
Printed circuit boards, mobile phones, and end-of-life laptops are pouring into recycling facilities at unprecedented volumes. Globally, the e-waste stream now…
Australia has long been defined by its relationship with gold, from the historic boomtowns around Kalgoorlie and Boulder in Western Australia to modern…
Electronic waste is accumulating across Australia in many different places: metropolitan transfer stations, commercial data-centre clear-outs, regional repair…
Touchscreen panels look almost empty: a sheet of glass, a transparent conductive coating and a fine network of printed tracks. Hidden within that thin…
Water is a working resource in any compact precious-metals recovery plant. In an ALS2 closed-loop system, it supports separation, washing, cooling, cleaning…
Industrial sensors depend on small components that can carry considerable materials value. Reed switches, used in position, level, flow and security sensing…
Through-hole circuit boards contain a mixture of valuable metals, base metals, plastics and ceramics. Gold may appear as a thin surface finish on component…
Australia's e-waste sector is expanding rapidly, with Sydney and Melbourne emerging as significant hubs for processing end-of-life electronics. As facilities…
The price of rhodium has done something remarkable in the last decade, climbing past gold and platinum to become one of the most expensive metals traded on the…