Sentences with phrase «valuable metals»

In actuality, the bonds have no market, let alone one backed by valuable metals.

Still more platinum can be saved by mixing it with other, less valuable metals, such as nickel or copper.

The deep waters of the East Pacific hold an unprepossessing treasure trove: potato - sized lumps of rock that contain valuable metals such as manganese, cobalt and copper.

Magma flows tend to concentrate valuable metals such as platinum, so mapping ancient continents may help miners find lucrative new deposits, Ernst says.

• MATERIALS The technique used to extract valuable metals from ore is expensive and requires much energy, especially when dealing with low concentrations of metal.

«In addition to curbing health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions and recover a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium - by acting now and planning forward many countries can turn an e-challenge into an e-opportunity,» he added.

The company says some ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) are keeping an eye on the progress of new asteroid mining ventures as startups seek to tap near - earth bodies for valuable metals and other elements.

The U.S. and some European countries often ship electronic junk to Hong Kong for disassembly in mainland China, where copper, iron and other valuable metals inside are removed and sold.

Securely moving tonnes of highly valuable metal intercontinentally is a non-trivial endeavour, and once it got to Germany, they'd need to deal with storing it, so they presumably decided to just leave it where it was with a «Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland» label on it rather than deal with that hassle and expense.

Once a rocket lands on Mars it can be refueled and sent back so that you don't have to spend more cash purchasing new rockets, and you can even pack the rocket making the return trip with valuable metals that will earn you more funding.

Thousands of feet below the ocean's surface lies a hidden world of undiscovered species and unique seabed habitats — as well as a vast untapped store of natural resources including valuable metals and rare - earth minerals.

Other valuable metals are also seeing changes in the rate, like 4 % fall is noticed in gain of Silver, Platinum is about to collect the second quarterly gain, while with 8.7 percent fall, Palladium is set to embrace the highest quarterly loss since 2015.

Based on previous surveys, Elvis estimates that 4 per cent of space rocks are the right type to contain platinum and similarly valuable metals.

Many of the most valuable metals are mined outside U.S. borders and are used in everyday electronic materials.

Holuszko, who co-founded UBC's urban mining innovation centre — a unit focused on reclaiming valuable metals and other materials from electronic waste — was determined to find a better recycling solution.

RICH deposits of the rare and valuable metal platinum are waiting to be discovered under the frozen wastes of Siberia, and some of it may have come all the way from the centre of the Earth.

Plastic - removal machines will enable Ghana's e-waste recoverers to get at valuable metal guts without burning off the exteriors.

It is also wealthy because it has a very valuable metal — vibranium.

T'Challa, who will be played by Chadwick Boseman, is ruler of the fictional African country of Wakanda, a technologically advanced nation that is home to the nearly indestructible and highly valuable metal Vibranium (the same metal Captain America's shield was forged from).

Plus, the inside of your computer contains valuable metals like gold, silver and platinum that can be recovered and reused.

Another common waste item from our era of affluenza is electronics, or e-waste, which can yield valuable metals and glass that don't require mining or extensive processing to reclaim, but which often end up getting literally trashed instead of recycled.

The tiers relate to value, so the more valuable the metal, the more richly it reimburses your medical expenses.

THE solar system is littered with millions of asteroids, but only a few can be profitably mined for valuable metals and water using current technology.

Incinerated municipal solids and other waste streams results in a significant amount of ash residue, which often contains valuable metals.

Would - be asteroid - mining firms such as Planetary Resources of Redmond, Washington, have plans to extract water and valuable metals from space rocks, and so are watching Rosetta with interest.

This means that a concentrate containing all the valuable metals can be produced using a simple flotation process.

The valuable metal lithium could be extracted from its hot waste water.

The rim of the cup showed evidence that it had been overlaid with a valuable metal such as gold, long since removed.

Although the wrecks of the Tarpon and the Warrior are legally protected as war graves, McCartney said all war wrecks in the area are threatened by illegal salvage operators, who plunder them for the valuable metals inside.

Energy, valuable metals, and food are just some of the resources that the oceans could help provide as technology grows.

Since Doom had control over any items containing Vibranium, the elite group created armor that did not contain the valuable metal.

The Congo's rich amounts of coltan, a valuable metal used in everything from PlayStations to cell phones, also played a role in influencing Ryan Coogler's vision of Wakanda.

This rare and valuable metal is the resource Wakandans use for their impressive technology, including much of the city of Wakanda and T'Challa's kinetic - energy responsive suit.

And it's made of vibranium, the valuable metal found only in Wakanda that can absorb energy.

(Kassay's paintings, for example, are ostensibly made with silver, a valuable metal that invokes a separate, non-artistic system of value, not unlike medieval religious icons, which were priced by both their devotional subjects and by the amount of gold they contained.)

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.

That's because they contain mercury, a toxic and valuable metal that can be released into the atmosphere if the bulb breaks in a landfill.

Remember the story a few years back about an environmentally - friendly form of burial that sifted the toxic and valuable metals from corpses and put resulting nutrient - rich dust into biodegradable caskets to replenish the earth as compost?

We have given today's silver rate in Mumbai for those who wish to buy the valuable metal.