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Every smartphone contains a small amount of gold. According to industry data from precious metals dealer APMEX, a typical phone holds somewhere between 0.007 and 0.034 grams of gold, mostly plated onto the circuit board and internal connectors. That is not much. At current gold prices of roughly $130 per gram, one phone’s gold content is worth somewhere between $0.91 and $4.42. On its own, that number may not be worth selling as scrap metal. But businesses rarely deal with one phone. Repair shops, pawnbrokers, and IT departments accumulate retired devices by the dozens or hundreds. At that scale, the…
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Most silver isn’t mined for silver. It comes out of the ground as a byproduct of copper, lead, zinc, and gold operations. That production model shapes how stable the global silver supply is, and supply stability shapes the price your business gets when you sell scrap silver, dental alloys, or industrial byproducts. Here’s where the world’s silver actually comes from, which mines produce the most, and why it matters if your business handles precious metals. Where Most of the World’s Silver Comes From Mexico produces more silver than any other country, at roughly 6,300 metric tons a year. Five of…
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