They are the "heart" of every electronic device, from laptops to electric toothbrushes: printed circuit boards, also known as PCBs. These rigid boards are covered with copper traces and soldered ...

An average smartphone contains about 0.034 grams of gold, tiny in each device, but millions of phones make those bits add up ...

Consumer electronics firm says a program created with Mitsubishi Materials has yielded more than 8,000 tons of recycled metal. Panasonic says through the PMP, “urban mine resources” produced currently ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The OKI Group printed circuit board (PCB) business company OKI Circuit Technology (President: Masaya Suzuki; Headquarters: Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture; “OTC” hereinafter ...

Copper, a linchpin of the old energy economy, will play a crucial role in the new green one, too. Cables made of the metal are still the most cost-effective means of transmitting electricity from ...

iPhones will not adopt resin coated copper (RCC) foil for their printed circuit boards until 2025, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo says that Apple will not adopt this technology in 2024 ...