Disclosed are a method for preparing lithium nickle cobalt manganese oxide by reverse positioning of a power battery and use thereof. The method first mixes and grinds a positive electrode tab and a slagging agent, then dries, cools, adds an aluminum powder, mixes well, conducts a self-propagating reaction to the mixed material, cools, takes a lower layer of rough nickel cobalt manganese alloy, grinds the rough nickel cobalt manganese alloy, adds an alkali liquor, then immerses, filters, takes the filter residue for washing and then dries, to obtain a nickel cobalt manganese alloy powder, adds a lithium salt solution to the porous nickel cobalt manganese alloy powder, mixes and drips an alkali liquor, ages, filters, takes a filter residue for washing and then dries, to obtain a mixed powder of precursor, sinters the mixed powder of precursor and cools, to obtain a lithium nickle cobalt manganese oxide.

A process for the production of calcium, aluminum, and silicon alloys is provided. The process includes the simultaneous carbothermal melting-reduction step of calcium, aluminum, and silicon.

A process for the production of calcium, aluminum, and silicon alloys is provided. The process includes the simultaneous carbothermal melting-reduction step of calcium, aluminum, and silicon.

There is provided a method for recovering PGM, in which at least one base metal oxide selected from a group consisting of copper oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, nickel oxide and lead oxide is added to and melted in a molten slag, and a PGM alloy contained in the molten slag is recovered.

A method and system for recovering a high yield of low carbon ferroalloy, e.g., low carbon ferrochrome, from chromite and low carbon ferrochrome produced by the method. A stoichiometric mixture of feed materials including scrap aluminum granules, lime, silica sand, and chromite ore are provided into a plasma arc furnace. The scrap aluminum granules are produced from used aluminum beverage containers. The feed materials are heated, whereupon the aluminum in the aluminum granules produces an exothermic reaction reducing the chromium oxide and iron oxide in the chromite to produce molten low carbon ferrochrome with molten slag floating thereon. The molten low carbon ferrochrome is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of low carbon ferrochrome. The molten slag is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of slag.

A method and system for recovering a high yield of low carbon ferroalloy, e.g., low carbon ferrochrome, from chromite and low carbon ferrochrome produced by the method. A stoichiometric mixture of feed materials including scrap aluminum granules, lime, silica sand, and chromite ore are provided into a plasma arc furnace. The scrap aluminum granules are produced from used aluminum beverage containers. The feed materials are heated, whereupon the aluminum in the aluminum granules produces an exothermic reaction reducing the chromium oxide and iron oxide in the chromite to produce molten low carbon ferrochrome with molten slag floating thereon. The molten low carbon ferrochrome is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of low carbon ferrochrome. The molten slag is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of slag.

A method for producing a metal powder includes maintaining molten reducing metal in a sealed reaction vessel that is free of added oxygen and water, establishing a vortex in the molten reducing metal, introducing a metal halide into the vortex so that the molten reducing metal is in a stoichiometric excess to the metal halide, thereby producing metal particles and salt, removing unreacted reducing metal, removing the salt, and recovering the metal powder. The molten reducing metal can be a Group I metal, a Group II metal, or aluminum.

A method for producing a metal powder includes maintaining molten reducing metal in a sealed reaction vessel that is free of added oxygen and water, establishing a vortex in the molten reducing metal, introducing a metal halide into the vortex so that the molten reducing metal is in a stoichiometric excess to the metal halide, thereby producing metal particles and salt, removing unreacted reducing metal, removing the salt, and recovering the metal powder. The molten reducing metal can be a Group I metal, a Group II metal, or aluminum.

A process for the production of calcium, aluminum, and silicon alloys is provided. The process includes the simultaneous carbothermal melting-reduction step of calcium, aluminum, and silicon.

A process for the production of calcium, aluminum, and silicon alloys is provided. The process includes the simultaneous carbothermal melting-reduction step of calcium, aluminum, and silicon.