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Gold is probably the least valuable metal in electronics there are many more that are more expensive and useful.
by dghughes 5y ago
Gold is probably the least valuable metal in electronics there are many more that are more expensive and useful.
- ben_bai 5y agoGold might be a key metal for the future, unless the costs prohibit it. For example Palladium-Gold catalysts (CO2 reduction) or nano particle gold plating (PV solar) or AuNPs (medical)
- agumonkey 5y agoI think he meant market-value. Some guy at a landfill explained to me that SMD caps were a lot better.
- loufe 5y agoTrue, but the release did say they are recovering all precious metals, not just gold.
- amelius 5y agoThere's also aluminum which is less expensive.
- nly 5y agoThen Royal Mint already have everything in place to monetize the Gold though, so it's hardly surprising it's priority. This is also a pretty shrewd ESG play - in the future more Gold can be included in to ESG funds because it's not being mined in say...China and Russia, the worlds top 2 producers.