A method for preparing nickel/manganese/lithium/cobalt sulfate and tricobalt tetraoxide from battery wastes adopts the following process: dissolving battery wastes with acid, removing iron and aluminum, removing calcium, magnesium and copper, carrying extraction separation, and carrying out evaporative crystallization to prepare nickel sulfate, manganese sulfate, lithium sulfate, cobalt sulfate or/and tricobalt tetraoxide. By using the method, multiple metal elements, such as nickel, manganese, lithium and cobalt, can be simultaneously recovered from the battery wastes, the recovered products are high in purity and can reach battery grade, battery-grade tricobalt tetraoxide can also be directly produced. The method is simple in process, low in, energy consumption and free in exhaust gas pollution, and can realize zero release of wastewater.

Methods are for purification of a cobalt containing solution from impurity metals by processing the feed solution through a continuous counter-current ion exchange process comprising of several beds containing cationic ion exchange material arranged in interconnectable zones 1, 2, 3-N in a simulated moving bed arrangement.

Methods are for purification of a cobalt containing solution from impurity metals by processing the feed solution through a continuous counter-current ion exchange process comprising of several beds containing cationic ion exchange material arranged in interconnectable zones 1, 2, 3-N in a simulated moving bed arrangement.

In a method of recovering a transition metal, a first raw material containing an oxidized transition metal and a second raw material containing a reduced transition metal are prepared. A leached liquid containing at least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese is obtained from a raw material mixture of the first raw material and the second raw material. At least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese is obtained from the leached liquid.

In a method of recovering a transition metal, a first raw material containing an oxidized transition metal and a second raw material containing a reduced transition metal are prepared. A leached liquid containing at least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese is obtained from a raw material mixture of the first raw material and the second raw material. At least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese is obtained from the leached liquid.

Provided is a method for separating impurities and cobalt without using an electrolysis process from a cobalt chloride solution containing impurities and producing a high purity cobalt sulfate. The production method for cobalt sulfate includes: a copper removal step (S1) of adding a sulfurizing agent to a cobalt chloride solution containing one or more impurities of copper, zinc, manganese, calcium, and magnesium and generating a precipitate of sulfide of copper to separate to remove copper; a neutralization step (S2) of adding a neutralizer or a carbonation agent to a cobalt chloride solution having undergone through the copper removal step (S1) and generating cobalt hydroxide or basic cobalt carbonate to separate magnesium; a leaching step (S3) of adding sulfuric acid to the cobalt hydroxide or the basic cobalt carbonate to obtain cobalt sulfate solution; and a solvent extraction step (S4) of bringing an organic solvent containing an alkyl phosphoric acid-based extractant to the cobalt sulfate solution and extracting zinc, manganese, and calcium into the organic solvent to separate to remove zinc, manganese, and calcium. These steps are sequentially executed.

Provided is a method for separating impurities and cobalt without using an electrolysis process from a cobalt chloride solution containing impurities and producing a high purity cobalt sulfate. The production method for cobalt sulfate includes: a copper removal step (S1) of adding a sulfurizing agent to a cobalt chloride solution containing one or more impurities of copper, zinc, manganese, calcium, and magnesium and generating a precipitate of sulfide of copper to separate to remove copper; a neutralization step (S2) of adding a neutralizer or a carbonation agent to a cobalt chloride solution having undergone through the copper removal step (S1) and generating cobalt hydroxide or basic cobalt carbonate to separate magnesium; a leaching step (S3) of adding sulfuric acid to the cobalt hydroxide or the basic cobalt carbonate to obtain cobalt sulfate solution; and a solvent extraction step (S4) of bringing an organic solvent containing an alkyl phosphoric acid-based extractant to the cobalt sulfate solution and extracting zinc, manganese, and calcium into the organic solvent to separate to remove zinc, manganese, and calcium. These steps are sequentially executed.

Disclosed is a process for the selective separation and recovery of metal values from process liquors, in particular for the selective recovery of mixed metal sulfates, such as a mixed cobalt-nickel sulfate, from a metal sulfate process liquor.

A process for generating a metal sulfate that involves crystallizing a metal sulfate from an aqueous solution to form a crystallized metal sulfate in a mother liquor with uncrystallized metal sulfate remaining in the mother liquor; separating the crystallized metal sulfate from the mother liquor; basifying a portion of the mother liquor to convert the uncrystallized metal sulfate to a basic metal salt; and using the basic metal salt upstream of crystallizing the metal sulfate. So crystallized, the generated metal sulfate may be battery-grade or electroplating-grade.

A process for generating a metal sulfate that involves crystallizing a metal sulfate from an aqueous solution to form a crystallized metal sulfate in a mother liquor with uncrystallized metal sulfate remaining in the mother liquor; separating the crystallized metal sulfate from the mother liquor; basifying a portion of the mother liquor to convert the uncrystallized metal sulfate to a basic metal salt; and using the basic metal salt upstream of crystallizing the metal sulfate. So crystallized, the generated metal sulfate may be battery-grade or electroplating-grade.