Electronic waste is accumulating faster than almost any other waste stream in Australia, with the country generating more than 200,000 tonnes of discarded…
Spent catalytic converters represent one of the most concentrated secondary sources of platinum group metals anywhere in the world. A single autocatalyst can…
The semiconductor industry produces some of the most precisely engineered materials on earth, and the by-products of that engineering carry hidden value. Every…
Recovering gold, silver, palladium and other valuable metals from electronic waste is an energy question as much as a materials question. A process may recover…
Operating an acidless separation plant that recovers precious metals from electronic waste is not a job someone learns by watching a senior colleague. The ALS2…
The rollout of high-speed broadband across Australia has generated an unexpected byproduct, kilometres of discarded optical fibre cable. As the National…
ALS2 is a non-acid separation technology developed under the Horizon 2020 programme that targets precious metals locked inside electronic scrap. The process…
Agitation speed is a key operating variable when ALS2 processes electronic scrap containing thick gold layers. It influences how quickly the working solution…
Recovering precious metals from printed circuit boards, mobile phones and other waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a routine ambition…
QFN and QFP packages are everywhere in modern electronics. Quad Flat No-leads (QFN) and Quad Flat Package (QFP) integrated circuits sit at the heart of…