Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that allows suppressing production cost for lithium production by increasing a lithium content rate in a solution after an eluting step, and suppressing amount of a solution used in a process after the eluting step. The method for producing a lithium-containing solution includes an adsorption step, an eluting step of bringing post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide into contact with an acid-containing solution to obtain an eluted solution, and a manganese oxidation step performed in this order. The eluted solution is separated into a high concentration lithium-eluted solution and a low concentration lithium-eluted solution. The acid-containing solution includes a solution prepared by adding acid to the low concentration lithium-eluted solution. With this aspect, since only the low concentration lithium-eluted solution is added to the acid-containing solution, a hydrogen ion concentration in the acid-containing solution can be increased by adding just a small amount of acid, which consequently allows suppressing amount of the acid-containing solution and allows suppressing amount of the eluted solution used in the manganese oxidation step.

Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that allows suppressing production cost for lithium production by increasing a lithium content rate in a solution after an eluting step, and suppressing amount of a solution used in a process after the eluting step. The method for producing a lithium-containing solution includes an adsorption step, an eluting step of bringing post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide into contact with an acid-containing solution to obtain an eluted solution, and a manganese oxidation step performed in this order. The eluted solution is separated into a high concentration lithium-eluted solution and a low concentration lithium-eluted solution. The acid-containing solution includes a solution prepared by adding acid to the low concentration lithium-eluted solution. With this aspect, since only the low concentration lithium-eluted solution is added to the acid-containing solution, a hydrogen ion concentration in the acid-containing solution can be increased by adding just a small amount of acid, which consequently allows suppressing amount of the acid-containing solution and allows suppressing amount of the eluted solution used in the manganese oxidation step.

The present disclosure provides a method for separating manganese in leaching of cobalt and/or nickel from delithiated solid raw material, the method comprising providing delithiated solid raw material comprising cobalt and/or nickel, providing5 acidic solution, combining the delithiated solid raw material with the acidic solution, allowing cobalt and/or nickel in the delithiated solid raw material to leach to obtain a leach solution comprising cobalt and/or nickel, providing manganese in the leach solution as the only reducing agent, and allowing the manganese to precipitate as manganese dioxide while the cobalt and/or nickel are dissolved. The present0 disclosure also provides use of delithiated solid raw material comprising cathode material in the method.

The present disclosure provides a method for separating manganese in leaching of cobalt and/or nickel from delithiated solid raw material, the method comprising providing delithiated solid raw material comprising cobalt and/or nickel, providing5 acidic solution, combining the delithiated solid raw material with the acidic solution, allowing cobalt and/or nickel in the delithiated solid raw material to leach to obtain a leach solution comprising cobalt and/or nickel, providing manganese in the leach solution as the only reducing agent, and allowing the manganese to precipitate as manganese dioxide while the cobalt and/or nickel are dissolved. The present0 disclosure also provides use of delithiated solid raw material comprising cathode material in the method.