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Urban mining potential<br />
Low loadings/unit but volume counts, e.g. in electronics<br />
14<br />
X250<br />
a) Mobile phones<br />
1300 M units/ year<br />
mg<br />
Ag<br />
≈<br />
X 24 mg Au ≈<br />
X 9 mg Pd ≈<br />
X 9 g Cu ≈<br />
325 t<br />
31 t<br />
12 t<br />
12,000 t<br />
Ag<br />
Au<br />
Pd<br />
Cu<br />
1300 M Li-Ion batteries<br />
X 3.8<br />
g<br />
Co<br />
≈<br />
4900 t<br />
Co<br />
Global sales, 2009<br />
X1000mg<br />
b) PCs & laptops<br />
300 M units/year<br />
Ag<br />
≈<br />
X 220 mg Au ≈<br />
X 80 mg Pd ≈<br />
X~500<br />
g<br />
Cu<br />
300 t<br />
66 t<br />
24 t<br />
Ag<br />
Au<br />
Pd<br />
≈150,000 t Cu<br />
~140 M Li-ion batteries<br />
X 65 g Co ≈<br />
9100 t<br />
a+b) Urban mine<br />
Versus primary production<br />
= 625 t Ag ≈<br />
= 97 t Au ≈<br />
= 36 t Pd ≈<br />
= 162,000 t Cu ≈<br />
= 14,000 t Co ≈<br />
Tiny metal content per piece → Significant total demand<br />
Other electronic devices add even more to these figures<br />
Co<br />
3%<br />
4%<br />
16%<br />
1%<br />
19%
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