The periodic table of mobile phonesExploration and mining play a significant role in our daily lives. For example, the average mobile phone contains over 25 metals sourced from mineral deposits. The map shows where some of these metals are mined in NSW and where possible new sources may be found.

H He

Na Mg Si SAl P Cl Ar

Be C OB N F Ne

Rb Nb TcSr Mo Cd TeIn I Xe

Fr MtDb RgBhRa Sg FlCnHs LvNh Mc Ts Og

Cs Ta ReBa WHf Hg PoTl Bi At Rn

Am BkNp CmU FmTh CfPu NoEs Md LrAc

K V MnCa Cr GeFe SeGa As Br Kr

*

**

**

*

SbRh PdRu

Ir PtOs

Ag Sn

Pb

Ni Zn

Li

Au

Co Cu

Zr

Ti

Ds

Pa

Rf

Y

Eu TbPm GdNd ErCe DySm YbHo Tm LuLa

Sc

Pr

See phone parts section to identify which specific platinum group elements and rare earth elements are used in mobile phones.

MINE MANUFACTURE USE RECYCLE

AlALUMINIUM

AlALUMINIUM

InINDIUM

SbANTIMONY

FeIRON

PGE

REELiLITHIUM

CoCOBALT

NiNICKEL

PbLEAD

ZnZINC

AgSILVER

PGE

REE

REE

SnTIN

CoCOBALT

AgSILVER

SnTIN

WTUNGSTEN

MoMOLYBDENUM

Dubbo

Wentworth

Cobar

Wollongong

Nyngan

Walgett

Broken Hill

Narrabri

Gunnedah

Maitland

Singleton

Muswellbrook

Kempsey

Inverell

Goulburn

Griffith

Nowra

Batemans Bay

Cooma

Moree

WaggaWagga

Albury

Grafton

Tenterfield

Lismore

Tweed Heads

Ballina

Newcastle

Balranald Hay

Deniliquin

TibooburraLightning Ridge

Eden

BathurstGosfordLithgow

Mudgee

Orange

Forbes

Parkes

Cowra

Port Macquarie

Coffs Harbour

Bourke

Wilcannia

Tamworth

Armidale

SYDNEY

CANBERRA

New England Orogen

Lachlan OrogenMurray Basin

CurnamonaProvince

New England OrogenBest known for gold, antimony and tin deposits with opportunities for silver, lead, zinc, cobalt, scandium, rare earth elements and lithium.

Lachlan OrogenHost to world-class gold and copper mines with opportunities for zirconium, rare earth elements, nickel, cobalt and scandium deposits.

Curnamona ProvinceA world-class silver–lead–zinc region with opportunities for lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements and platinum group elements.

Murray BasinA world-class heavy mineral sands region containing ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile and zircon minerals, which produce titanium and zirconium.

Prospective areas

Copper

Gold

Lead & zinc

Silver

Titanium & zirconium(from heavy mineral sands)

Operating mines

Copper

Gold

Area shaded is based on quantityof current resources and/orhistorical producton

Platinum group elementsMay contain ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and/or platinum

Rare earth elementsMay contain lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium and/or yttrium

PGE

REE

0 100 200 km

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The periodic table of elements

2

HeHELIUM

18

ArARGON

8

OOXYGEN

7

NNITROGEN

10

NeNEON

37

RbRUBIDIUM

43

TcTECHNETIUM

52

TeTELLURIUM

53

IIODINE

54

XeXENON

87

FrFRANCIUM

109

MtMEITNERIUM

105

DbDUBNIUM

111

RgROENTGENIUM

107

BhBOHRIUM

88

RaRADIUM

106

SgSEABORGIUM

114

FlFLEROVIUM

112

CnCOPERNICIUM

108

HsHASSIUM

116

LvLIVERMORIUM

113

NhNIHONIUM

115

McMOSCOVIUM

117

TsTENNESSINE

118

OgOGANESSON

55

CsCAESIUM

75

ReRHENIUM

72

HfHAFNIUM

84

PoPOLONIUM

81

TlTHALLIUM

85

AtASTATINE

86

RnRADON

95

AmAMERICIUM

97

BkBERKELIUM

93

NpNEPTUNIUM

96

CmCURIUM

92

UURANIUM

100

FmFERMIUM

90

ThTHORIUM

98

CfCALIFORNIUM

94

PuPLUTONIUM

102

NoNOBELIUM

99

EsEINSTEINIUM

101

MdMENDELEVIUM

103

LrLAWRENCIUM

89

AcACTINIUM

23

VVANADIUM

20

CaCALCIUM

32

GeGERMANIUM

34

SeSELENIUM

36

KrKRYPTON

ATOMIC NUMBER

SymbolNAME

* LANTHANIDES

** ACTINIDES

89–103

**

57–71

*

1

HHYDROGEN

11

NaSODIUM

12

MgMAGNESIUM

14

SiSILICON

16

SSULFUR

13

AlALUMINIUM

15

PPHOSPHORUS

17

ClCHLORINE

4

BeBERYLLIUM

6

CCARBON

5

BBORON

9

FFLUORINE

41

NbNIOBIUM

38

SrSTRONTIUM

42

MoMOLYBDENUM

48

CdCADMIUM

49

InINDIUM

73

TaTANTALUM

56

BaBARIUM

74

WTUNGSTEN

80

HgMERCURY

83

BiBISMUTH

19

KPOTASSIUM

25

MnMANGANESE

24

CrCHROMIUM

26

FeIRON

31

GaGALLIUM

33

AsARSENIC

35

BrBROMINE

51

SbANTIMONY

45

RhRHODIUM

46

PdPALLADIUM

44

RuRUTHENIUM

77

IrIRIDIUM

78

PtPLATINUM

76

OsOSMIUM

40

ZrZIRCONIUM

47

AgSILVER

50

SnTIN

82

PbLEAD

28

NiNICKEL

30

ZnZINC

3

LiLITHIUM

79

AuGOLD

27

CoCOBALT

29

CuCOPPER

22

TiTITANIUM

110

DsDARMSTADTIUM

91

PaPROTACTINIUM

104

RfRUTHERFORDIUM

39

YYTTRIUM

63

EuEUROPIUM

65

TbTERBIUM

61

PmPROMETHIUM

64

GdGADOLINIUM

60

NdNEODYMIUM

68

ErERBIUM

58

CeCERIUM

66

DyDYSPROSIUM

62

SmSAMARIUM

70

YbYTTERBIUM

67

HoHOLMIUM

69

TmTHULIUM

71

LuLUTETIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

21

ScSCANDIUM

59

PrPRASEODYMIUM

Circuit board

13

AlALUMINIUM

29

CuCOPPER

30

ZnZINC

31

GaGALLIUM

41

NbNIOBIUM

47

AgSILVER

38

SrSTRONTIUM

46

PdPALLADIUM

40

ZrZIRCONIUM

82

PbLEAD

80

HgMERCURY

79

AuGOLD

50

SnTIN

73

TaTANTALUM

56

BaBARIUM

78

PtPLATINUM

51

SbANTIMONY

16

SSULFUR

Wires and connectors

4

BeBERYLLIUM

42

MoMOLYBDENUM

73

TaTANTALUM

83

BiBISMUTH

79

AuGOLD

29

CuCOPPER

Battery

6

CCARBON

25

MnMANGANESE

3

LiLITHIUM

28

NiNICKEL

27

CoCOBALT

48

CdCADMIUM

65

TbTERBIUM

68

ErERBIUM

66

DyDYSPROSIUM

69

TmTHULIUM

70

YbYTTERBIUM

71

LuLUTETIUM

Case

1

HHYDROGEN

11

NaSODIUM

12

MgMAGNESIUM

6

CCARBON

9

FFLUORINE

35

BrBROMINE

13

AlALUMINIUM

17

ClCHLORINE

28

NiNICKEL

24

CrCHROMIUM

22

TiTITANIUM

LEDs

39

YYTTRIUM

63

EuEUROPIUM

64

GdGADOLINIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

59

PrPRASEODYMIUM

Touch screen/display

11

NaSODIUM

14

SiSILICON

13

AlALUMINIUM

17

ClCHLORINE

19

KPOTASSIUM

50

SnTIN

49

InINDIUM

39

YYTTRIUM

58

CeCERIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

63

EuEUROPIUM

65

TbTERBIUM

64

GdGADOLINIUM

59

PrPRASEODYMIUM

Electronic componentsCapacitors, resistors, chips and microprocessors

12

MgMAGNESIUM

14

SiSILICON

15

PPHOSPHORUS

6

CCARBON

5

BBORON

74

WTUNGSTEN

82

PbLEAD

47

AgSILVER

31

GaGALLIUM

33

AsARSENIC

35

BrBROMINE

60

NdNEODYMIUM

28

NiNICKEL

30

ZnZINC

26

FeIRON

29

CuCOPPER

22

TiTITANIUM

Speaker and microphone

60

NdNEODYMIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

74

WTUNGSTEN

26

FeIRON

Circuit board

13

AlALUMINIUM

29

CuCOPPER

30

ZnZINC

31

GaGALLIUM

41

NbNIOBIUM

47

AgSILVER

38

SrSTRONTIUM

46

PdPALLADIUM

40

ZrZIRCONIUM

82

PbLEAD

80

HgMERCURY

79

AuGOLD

50

SnTIN

73

TaTANTALUM

56

BaBARIUM

78

PtPLATINUM

51

SbANTIMONY

16

SSULFUR

LEDs

39

YYTTRIUM

63

EuEUROPIUM

64

GdGADOLINIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

59

PrPRASEODYMIUM

Battery

6

CCARBON

25

MnMANGANESE

3

LiLITHIUM

28

NiNICKEL

27

CoCOBALT

48

CdCADMIUM

65

TbTERBIUM

68

ErERBIUM

66

DyDYSPROSIUM

69

TmTHULIUM

70

YbYTTERBIUM

71

LuLUTETIUM

Electronic componentsCapacitors, resistors, chips and microprocessors

12

MgMAGNESIUM

14

SiSILICON

15

PPHOSPHORUS

6

CCARBON

5

BBORON

74

WTUNGSTEN

82

PbLEAD

47

AgSILVER

31

GaGALLIUM

33

AsARSENIC

35

BrBROMINE

60

NdNEODYMIUM

28

NiNICKEL

30

ZnZINC

26

FeIRON

29

CuCOPPER

22

TiTITANIUM

Wires and connectors

4

BeBERYLLIUM

42

MoMOLYBDENUM

73

TaTANTALUM

83

BiBISMUTH

79

AuGOLD

29

CuCOPPER

Case

1

HHYDROGEN

11

NaSODIUM

12

MgMAGNESIUM

6

CCARBON

9

FFLUORINE

35

BrBROMINE

13

AlALUMINIUM

17

ClCHLORINE

28

NiNICKEL

24

CrCHROMIUM

22

TiTITANIUM

Touch screen/display

11

NaSODIUM

14

SiSILICON

13

AlALUMINIUM

17

ClCHLORINE

19

KPOTASSIUM

50

SnTIN

49

InINDIUM

39

YYTTRIUM

58

CeCERIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

63

EuEUROPIUM

65

TbTERBIUM

64

GdGADOLINIUM

59

PrPRASEODYMIUM Speaker and microphone

60

NdNEODYMIUM

57

LaLANTHANUM

74

WTUNGSTEN

26

FeIRON