Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the crust of the Earth—but it doesn't exist in its pure form in nature. Bauxite ore first needs to be mined, then alumina is extracted from the bauxite, then the ...

You might not realize it, but there's all kinds of metal—precious and otherwise—hiding in plain site in the world around you. There's platinum in roadside dust, and gold inside your computer. If you ...

Chennai: India holds a $6 billion potential of extracting secondary copper, iron, aluminium and gold from e-waste. However, just $1.1 billion is being recovered currently. India generated 3.8 million ...

Platinum works beautifully. It speeds up chemical reactions, holds up under punishment, and sits reliably at the center of industrial processes worth billions of dollars annually. It also costs ...