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weee: sexy well, it all depends on your taste

2. WEEE: Sexy? Well, it all depends on your taste. Electronic scrap is a complex mix of many different substances:Cu, Ag, Au, Pd,

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weee: sexy well, it all depends on your taste

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    3. 3 The value of circuit boards varies significantly high grade: Au > 400 g/t medium grade Au 200 - 400 g/t low grade Au 100 - 200 g/t very low grade Au < 100 g/t

    4. 4 A sophisticated & accurate sampling process is needed to determine the true metal content Experience and integrity of the precious metals refiner is crucial for reliable assays

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    6. 6 Metals refining is a complex metallurgical “disintegration” and separation process

    7. 7 There is more room for optimisation by considering the entire WEEE recycling chain

    8. 8 Optimising the trade-off between preprocessing & smelting/refining

    9. 9 Much more than PCB-recycling: From a commodity to customised solutions Our integrated metals refinery can treat: populated and unpopulated circuit boards entire small devices after battery removal (e.g. mobile phones, handheld computers etc.) Plastic fractions with (precious) metals Cu- or Fe-based metallic fractions (with/without PM) Components like IC‘s, MLCC, hard disks, contacts, ... ... Within Umicore we also recover Li-ion and NiMH batteries

    10. 10 We are committed to eco-efficient recycling

    11. 11 Focus on eco-efficiency - finding the right balance between ecological and economical performance

    12. 12 By-products from smelters and refiners Industrial & consumer recyclable products Precious Metals Base Metals Special Metals Chemicals Aggregate for concrete Example: the Umicore smelter & refinery at Hoboken/Antwerp (Belgium)

    13. 13 In some cases „less can be more“(depending on type of material)

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