But as the use of cash steeply declines, the mint is undergoing a vast transformation to avoid becoming obsolete. Its new purpose: recovering precious metals, like gold, from electronic waste.

But as the use of cash steeply declines, the mint is undergoing a vast transformation to avoid becoming obsolete. Its new purpose: recovering precious metals like gold from electronic waste and ...

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Some 7% of the world’s available gold is lost through electronic waste. But in a new initiative, the Royal Mint is saving gold from landfills and transforming it into jewelry. Like other ...

London - The U.K.'s Royal Mint, the country's official coinmaker, has opened a factory that will extract gold from e-waste to reduce its reliance on traditional mining and encourage more ...

In this case, The Royal Mint is turning the gold it mines from the PCBs into a jewelry collection called 886. The collection includes two pendants, a bracelet and a signet ring ranging in price ...

Explore the fascinating process of creating the largest and most expensive pure gold bars in a gold mint. From melting gold to producing 99.99% pure bars, this video showcases the steps of gold ...

The UK Royal Mint has opened a pioneering facility in South Wales dedicated to extracting gold from e-waste, in a move that would provide a more sustainable source of the precious metal and reduce ...

The Royal Mint says its revenue from gold bullion sales rose nine per cent over 2024 to reach a new record high. These sales rose 153 per cent in the final quarter of 2024 alone compared to Q3 2023.