Gold recycling; a materials flow study
Open-File Report
2000-195
By: Earle B. Amey
Links
- More information: USGS Index Page (html)
- Superseding Publications:
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
This materials flow study includes a description of trends in consumption, loss, and recycling of gold-containing materials in the United States in 1998 in order to illustrate the extent to which gold is presently being recycled and to identify recycling trends. The quantity of gold recycled, as a percent of the apparent supply of gold, was estimated to be about 30 percent. Of the approximately 446 metric tons of gold refined in the United States in 1998, the fabricating and industrial use losses were 3 percent.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Gold recycling; a materials flow study |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2000-195 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr00195 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | ii, 9 p. :ill. ; 28 cm. |