Sky Metals Limited results show promising developments

May 4, 2023

Sky Metals Limited (SKY), an Australian mining company, recently released its Q1 2023 activities highlighting promising developments at its Tallebung and Doradilla Tin Projects.   The Tallebung Tin Project, which is situated 70km northwest of Condobolin, central New...

E-waste tin recovery success for EnviroLeach

Jun 25, 2021

Canadian e-waste recycler EnviroLeach have released new results showing that their environmentally friendly, cost-efficient process consistently recovers over four fifths of tin contained in circuit boards. The processed concentrate from crushed boards had an average...

Bacteria recover tin from e-waste

Dec 17, 2020

A team at Coventry University, UK have demonstrated the potential to recover tin from e-waste using bacteria. The team’s initial results demonstrate that tin recovery from a printed circuit board (PCB) sample can reach 100%. E-waste is the fastest growing waste...

EnviroLeach recovers tin from e-waste

Dec 1, 2020

EnviroLeach is a Vancouver based company that recover metals from e-waste using a water-based solution. This month, the company announced a new technological advancement that allows cost-effective extraction of tin from end-of-life printed circuit board assemblies...

Tin makes electricity from algae

Nov 26, 2020

Research by a team from Firat University, Turkey has shown that tin coated copper can generate electricity from algae using a ‘multi-anode sediment microbial fuel cell’ (SMFC). The fuel cell recorded a high-power density of 2,965mW/m2 – the highest...