Processing gold from phones

[cesariojpn]

Wonder what the overhead is vs. the value of the gold they recover.

[scrapper2010]

Cool video, thanks for sharing.

[Kurr]

Great site for learning this and finding people who have quantified it is:

Goldrefiningforum.com

[Dr. Cadmium]

I deal in used/scrap phones.

Getting a large volume of them is difficult. This is why you see those "recycle your old phone" boxes in stores, it greatly cuts down on the labor involved in collecting them.

Most cell phones are worth more for refurbishing and parts than for scrap.

Taking them apart is extremely labor-intensive - notice how this facility is overseas, where labor is cheaper.

Honest precious metal refining operations typically have very small margins, but they do a very high volume of material. Overhead costs for facilities that shred and process ewaste can be millions of dollars per year.

[jasmatk]

Great video.

Whats that powder they put on the gold at the end to cool it down?

[cesariojpn]

Great video.

Whats that powder they put on the gold at the end to cool it down?

Someone said Borax, someone else said Catalyst Powder.....I dunno?

[mj74]

I wonder how many cell phones it takes,to make that bar of gold?