TOKYO -- With gold surging in price, efforts to extract the precious metal from used circuit boards and other electronic waste are ramping up in Japan.
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Japan's urban mining boom picks up as gold prices rise
Businesses and government eye growing opportunities to turn e-waste into treasure
Gold and other metals are extracted from electronic waste via so-called urban mining. (Photo courtesy of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo)
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