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There s Gold in Switzerland s Sewage
Mar 23 So far the group has already identified gold in waste from American sewage treatment plants at levels which if found in rock would be seen as Oct 1 Contemporary metal mining is dominated by iron ore copper and gold with 2 billion tons of There s gold in them sewage treatment pools Oct 11 In southern Switzerland though where gold refineries are concentrated enough gold is being wasted that it could be worth recovering from the
Sewage Sludge Is Flush With Gold and
Jan 30 A sewage treatment facility in central Japan has recorded a higher gold one of the world s top gold mines owned by Sumitomo Metal Mining Mar 23 One place has already figured out how to profit from poop A sewage treatment facility in Japan has been mining sludge for gold since Jan 20 Although those scientists didn t say whether extracting these metals from sewage sludge is economically feasible they are encouraging us to
Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of
Mar 24 US scientists may have found a way to extract gold from toxic human human faeces using an electron scanner at American sewage plantsOct 11 Swiss scientists have found that 43kg of gold worth about $18 million is metal were likely high enough to justify the extraction effort and costJan 16 Metals have long been known to concentrate in sewage which mixes toilet One city in Japan has already tried extracting gold from its sludge
Gold and Other Precious Metals Particles Found in
Mar 23 Geologist suggests extracting precious metals from human waste would Sewage sludge contains traces of gold silver and platinum at levels University study uncovers a goldmine in Britain s sewer systems Mining gold from sewage 18 November Gold bars in a row University study uncovers Jul 28 Researchers have discovered small amounts of gold and other precious metals in sewage sparking interest in mining excrement for recyclable
Precious metals in urban waste Prichard Water and
Dec 31 It begs a rather strange pair of questions How much lost gold is really hidden in our sewer systems and is there a way to extract all of that Digger gold is the common slang term for gold recovered from electronics components such as Resource recovery Sewage treatment Waste collection Waste picking Waste sorting Waste trade Waste treatment Waste to energyGold concentrations in urban waste are extremely enriched over background in UK incinerated sewage ash with a view to possible recovery of these metals
Gold and other valuable metals may be harvested from
Jul 21 Two groups of researchers found that sewage contains precious metals A close up view of the minute quantities of gold found in municipal biosolids the team took more sewage digested it with acid to extract the metals Mar 23 US researchers are investigating ways to extract the gold and precious The group identified gold in waste from American sewage treatment Mar 24 Doing so could ultimately reduce the need for mining and decrease the amount of metals entering the environment while also turning sewage
Sewage Sludge Contains Millions of Dollars in
Feb 6 Westerhoff said he is now working with two mining companies in Arizona to try and develop an environmentally friendly way to extract the gold Jan 26 Sewer Mining blogsdiscovermagazine/d brief//01/20/sewage sludge gold platinum/ How to get rich Be Ed Norton Jan 21 There are millions of dollars in gold and other metals in the sewage that the extraction of gold and silver from sludge can be quite profitable
There s Gold In Them Thar Sewage Pipes Swiss
Jan 21 Raw sewage contains millions of pounds worth of gold platinum and could extract up to $8 million £53 million in value from the sludgeOct 11 Scientists have struck gold in an unlikely place Swiss sewage and waste of gold in sewage sludge are sufficiently high for recovery to be Oct 11 In some sites concentrations of gold in sewage sludge are sufficiently high for recovery to be potentially worthwhile the scientists say
Human Waste May Contain Gold Research Finds
Oct 11 Switzerland Flushes $18 Million in Gold Down the Sewer Every Year of gold in sewage sludge are sufficiently high for recovery to be Nov 17 million worth of precious metals are being flushed away each year in the UK while Tokyo has already started extracting gold from sewer sludgeMar 23 Researchers have detected trace amounts of gold silver and other precious waste and are exploring how to make their extraction commercially Smith says metals are ubiquitous in our sewer drains ranging from those in
Urban Mining GemSelect
The ash from the Palo Alto sewage sludge appears to offer recovery of a number of mineral resourc of the amounts of gold and silver in ash from the Jan 20 How does that gold and other precious metal get into the sewage It might be waste from mining electroplating electronics and jewelry May 20 Extracting gold from sewage sludge or circuit boards may be worthwhile but is a little labor intensive An easier way for the average man on the
Study finds gold and silver in Swiss sewage system
6 days ago Researchers are now studying if it is worthwhile to extract the metals that end up in sewage sludge before usually being burntJan 21 Sewage Sludge Contains Millions of Dollars Worth of Gold there s likely never going to be a practical method for extracting every last speck of Oct 10 While that amount of gold and silver is worth three million francs £32million researchers say recovering the metals from the sewage systems