Government offers grants to electronics miners

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New £200,000 competition to fund feasibility studies into innovative approaches for extracting metals from eWaste

Companies working to extract valuable minerals and metals from electronic waste could be eligible for up to £200,000 of funding from the Technology Strategy Board. The government has announced it is...

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