A study by Flinders University unveiled a new process that can recover high-purity gold from both ore and electronic waste.

The frothy price of gold has changed the economics of mining. Can processing 80 tonnes of ore to extract just one ounce of ...

The aim of the Flinders-led project was to provide alternative methods that are safer than mercury or cyanide in gold extraction and recovery.

The process starts with mining, where gold-rich ores are dug out from underground or open-pit mines. Once extracted, the ore is crushed and ground to release the gold particles.

The new agreement will enable the processing of ore from the Munda Gold Mine at the Lakewood Mill in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

"We looked into an extraction process called selective leaching, using a fluid to selectively dissolve the gold from the pyrite. Not only do the dislocations trap the gold, but they also behave as ...

Perhaps the biggest sucker taken in by pyrite was Sir Martin Frobisher, an English privateer and explorer who brought back 1,350 tons (1.1 million kilograms) of what he thought was gold ore to ...

India plans to invite bids to extract gold from 50 million tonnes of processed ore in a cluster of colonial-era mines in the southern state of Karnataka, a senior government official with direct ...