Prospects for the Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metals from Cell Phones

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10.2991/aebmr.k.201215.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

non-ferrous metals, benefits, prospects, economic efficiency, ecology, telephones

Abstract

The article defines the significance of the extraction and use of non-ferrous metals from cell phones and other equipment, which has advantages over the extraction of non-ferrous metals from ores from an economic and environmental point of view. It is noted that alternative methods of extraction of non-ferrous metals and new technologies are being considered. One of such innovative directions for the extraction of non-ferrous metals may be the project “metals from telephones and other electrical equipment”. However, a large number of phones used, a quick change of models, determines the promising possibilities for the extraction and processing of non-ferrous metals from them. The author analyzes sales and turnover of cell phones in Russia and in the world. Analysis has shown the economic efficiency of such processing is substantial, and the cost of secondary precious metals is much lower than when extracting the same metals from ore. A comparative analysis of the content of precious metals in electronic equipment from different countries was also carried out.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Veronika Ershova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Prospects for the Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metals from Cell Phones
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Contemporary Problems in the Development of Economic, Financial and Credit Systems (DEFCS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 227
EP  - 229
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201215.047
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.201215.047
ID  - Ershova2020
ER  -