Royal Mint to 'mine' TV, laptop, and mobile phone circuit boards for gold

Stuart Stone
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Original maker of UK coins to extract sustainable gold from up to 4,000 tonnes of e-waste a year at new factory

The Royal Mint has today unveiled plans to convert high quality sustainable gold extracted from TV, laptop, and mobile phone circuit boards into luxury jewellery at a new factory in South Wales. According...

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