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  • A smartphone and other digital devises dependent on an array of metals.

    Apple, USGS develop rock-to-metal ratio

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    How much rock must be moved to produce the metals in an Apple iPhone, Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle or any other product that requires mined commodities (i.e., nearly everything)? Apple teamed up with the United States Geological Survey to develop a "rock-to-metal ratio" that makes it easier to answer that question. Metals are essential to every aspect of modern life. Even a bowl of oatmeal requires these fundamental building materials to grow, ship, and process this...

  • 62 metals minerals for smartphones iPhone Samsung Galaxy Fold

    Miracle of metals make smartphones smart

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 27, 2020

    Morning alarm, news feed, email delivery system, daily planner, camera, calculator, social media medium and, oh yeah, a way to talk with family, friends and colleagues – smartphones have become a necessity for roughly 3 billion of the humans on Earth. While necessity may seem like hyperbole, especially for a device we lived without just a decade ago, how did you feel the last time you left yours behind even for a few minutes? Smartphones are so commonplace that it is easy to o...