BBCNEWS BBC News at One March 21, 2022 13:28:00
Over a series of steps, chemicals extract what's inside. what comes out is this brown powder. it's then heated for 30 minutes at more than 1,000 celsius, and the end result becomes clear — its pure gold. we're hoping to recover all of the metals on the board, primarily gold to start with, but we're looking at copper, nickel, tin, particularly tin, and some silver. it's set to provide a new source of materials for the royal mint�*s main business, making coins. this whole space is about to be transformed. by this time next year, 90 tonnes of e—waste will pass through here each week, and th...