The invention relates to a method and a recovery system for obtaining raw materials from ores and/or ore tailings, in particular a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from ores and/or ore tailings, especially a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from pyrite tailings, preferably from roasted pyrites produced during sulphuric acid manufacture.

A method and recovering method of recovering zinc oxides and other metal oxides having an injection chamber where a mixture of natural gas and oxygen is formed and then ignited to form high temperature combustion gases of greater than 2000 C. with a high concentration of carbon monoxide. Then, the mixture is transported through a quiescent chamber to a feed chamber where the ignited high temperature combustion gases are mixed with finely divided material, including EAF dust. The mixture is transported to a reaction chamber, wherein zinc vapor and other metal vapors and molten slag particles are formed. The zinc vapor and other metal vapors are separated from the molten slag particles and transported to an insulated plenum. Zinc vapor and other metal vapors are mixed with air and become airborne zinc oxide and other metal oxides. The airborne zinc oxide and other metal oxides are collected.

A method and recovering method of recovering zinc oxides and other metal oxides having an injection chamber where a mixture of natural gas and oxygen is formed and then ignited to form high temperature combustion gases of greater than 2000 C. with a high concentration of carbon monoxide. Then, the mixture is transported through a quiescent chamber to a feed chamber where the ignited high temperature combustion gases are mixed with finely divided material, including EAF dust. The mixture is transported to a reaction chamber, wherein zinc vapor and other metal vapors and molten slag particles are formed. The zinc vapor and other metal vapors are separated from the molten slag particles and transported to an insulated plenum. Zinc vapor and other metal vapors are mixed with air and become airborne zinc oxide and other metal oxides. The airborne zinc oxide and other metal oxides are collected.

Provided is a method by which it is possible to collect valuable metals from raw material including waste lithium-ion batteries or the like. The present invention is a method which includes: a step for preparing raw material including at least Li, Al, and the valuable metals; a step for obtaining a reduction that includes slag and an alloy containing the valuable metals by subjecting the raw material to a reduction melting treatment; and a slag separation step for collecting the alloy by separating out the slag from the reduction, wherein, in a step for adding a flux containing calcium (Ca) to the raw material and performing reduction and melting thereof, the reduction melting treatment is performed such that the liquidus line temperature of ternary Al.sub.2O.sub.3Li.sub.2OCaO slag in a phase diagram is greater than the liquidus line temperature of a ternary CuNiCo alloy in a phase diagram.

A system for smelting tin-containing materials is disclosed. The system includes a pretreatment mechanism, a screening mechanism, a feeding mechanism, a smelting mechanism, a slag treatment mechanism and a tail gas treatment mechanism. In addition, the disclosure discloses a method by using the above system. In the disclosure, dry tin-containing materials can be sieved, and fine tin-containing materials can be conveyed into top-blown furnace molten pool for smelting through the belt, while the coarse tin-containing materials can be sprayed into the molten pool through the spray gun, which can reduce the splashing or material leakage loss of the tin-containing materials with smaller particle size during the transportation process, and also avoid the mechanical inclusion or flying loss caused by the belt; furthermore, the fine dry materials are prevented from adding water before entering furnace, thereby reducing smelting energy consumption and smelting flue gas quantity, and realizing environment-friendly and energy-saving smelting.

A system for smelting tin-containing materials is disclosed. The system includes a pretreatment mechanism, a screening mechanism, a feeding mechanism, a smelting mechanism, a slag treatment mechanism and a tail gas treatment mechanism. In addition, the disclosure discloses a method by using the above system. In the disclosure, dry tin-containing materials can be sieved, and fine tin-containing materials can be conveyed into top-blown furnace molten pool for smelting through the belt, while the coarse tin-containing materials can be sprayed into the molten pool through the spray gun, which can reduce the splashing or material leakage loss of the tin-containing materials with smaller particle size during the transportation process, and also avoid the mechanical inclusion or flying loss caused by the belt; furthermore, the fine dry materials are prevented from adding water before entering furnace, thereby reducing smelting energy consumption and smelting flue gas quantity, and realizing environment-friendly and energy-saving smelting.