Provided is a method for recovering lithium from a waste lithium battery cell including: heat treating a mixture including a waste lithium battery cell and an additive; and trapping a lithium salt produced in the heat treating.

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 includes a chamber comprising one or more openings and filled with an inert or reducing gas. The system includes a conductive material, at least one set of electrodes coupled to the conductive material, and a power supply configured to apply a voltage across the at least one set of electrodes to allow current to flow through and heat the conductive material. The system is configured to thermochemically reduce particulates by heating the particulates that are in electrical and/or thermal contact with the conductive material.

The present invention provides a method for recovering valuable metals from waste lithium ion batteries. The method comprises: short-circuit discharging, dismantling, crushing, roasting, and screening on waste lithium ion batteries to obtain active electrode powders; using alkaline solution to wash the active electrode powders, then filtering to remove copper and aluminum; drying the activated electrode powder after alkaline washing treatment, mix the dried activated electrode powder with starch and concentrated sulfuric acid and stir evenly to obtain the mixed material; calcining the mixed material with controlling the atmosphere; taking out the product obtained from calcination and using deionized water to extract the leachate and leaching residue with valence metal ions, and then obtaining the leachate after filtering. The present invention can reduce the concentration of impurity ions in the leaching solution, improve the purity and comprehensive recovery rate of valuable metals, and reduce the recovery cost.

A method for preparing high-purity metallic arsenic from arsenic-containing solid waste through a short flow process is provided. The method includes: performing oxidative alkaline leaching on nonferrous metallurgy arsenic-containing solid waste to obtain an arsenic-containing alkaline leaching solution; sequentially adding a mixed ammonium magnesium reagent consisting of a carboxyl and/or hydroxy-containing water-soluble macromolecular organic matter, a magnesium compound and an ammonium compound, and a hydrophobic macromolecular organic matter having a periodic geometric structure into the arsenic-containing alkaline leaching solution, and taking a reaction under stirring to obtain complex arsenate crystals cladded with an organic matter; and roasting the complex arsenate crystals cladded with the organic matter, then mixing the roasted complex arsenate crystals cladded with the organic matter with carbon powder, performing reduction roasting, and recycling metallic arsenic from smoke through condensation.

The present application provides a recycling method of a lithium iron phosphate battery. The method comprises the following steps: i) providing a first powder comprising lithium iron phosphate battery waste; ii) removing copper and aluminum from the first powder to obtain a second powder, iii) dissolving the second powder obtained in step ii) in nitric acid to obtain a solution; iv) adding carbonic acid in the solution obtained in step iii) and separating a lithium carbonate precipitate; and v) removing a remaining solution of step iv) by vacuum distillation to obtain a ferric nitrate crystal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for recovering a rare earth element from a workpiece containing at least a rare earth element and an iron group element, which can be put into practical use as a low-cost, simple recycling system. The method for recovering a rare earth element from a workpiece containing at least a rare earth element and an iron group element of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by including at least a step of separating a rare earth element in the form of an oxide from an iron group element by subjecting a workpiece to an oxidation treatment, then turning the treatment environment into an environment where carbon black is present, and subjecting the oxidation-treated workpiece to a heat treatment at a temperature of 1000 C. or more in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum.

The processes of the present disclosure can comprise feeding a furnace with a raw material chosen from a copper-containing material, a nickel-containing material, a cobalt-containing material and mixtures thereof. These materials can be quite complex and contain various levels of impurities and valuable metals (base metals, precious metals, platinum group metals, minor metals). The processes allow the volatilization of arsenic and indium contained therein, thereby obtaining a material at least partially depleted in at least one of arsenic and indium, wherein before volatilizing the material, composition of the material is optionally modified so as to obtain a ratio % S/(% (Cu/2)+% Ni+% Co) of about 0.5 to about 2. The processes can comprise feeding a melting device with the depleted material, and with a source of carbon in order to obtain a multi-layer product and an off gas, wherein before melting the depleted material, the depleted material composition is optionally modified so as to obtain a ratio % S/(% (Cu/2)+% Ni+% Co) of about 0.5 to about 2. While one of the main purposes of the processes of the present disclosure is to recover Cu, Ni and Co from complex materials, it also provides a means of recovering several other metals, including In, Ge, Pb, Bi, precious metals and platinum group metals. Cu, Ni, Co and other metals are conveniently recovered in different products from the processes (gaseous, dust, slag, matte, speiss and metal).

Systems and methods for efficiently performing rotary batch decoating using time-offset batch reactors are disclosed. A first batch reactor can operate out of phase with a second batch reactor, so that the burning of pyrolysis gases from the first reactor can be used to provide fuel to the incinerator used to heat the material in the second reactor. After the first reactor is dumped and filled with new material, the pyrolysis gases from the second reactor can be used to provide fuel to the incinerator, which heats the material in the first reactor.

A process for the incineration of activated coal-supported PGM catalysts, the process comprising a joint incineration of a multilayer arrangement, wherein the multilayer arrangement includes (i) a top layer of particulate activated coal-supported PGM catalyst, (ii) a layer of coarse charcoal located beneath said top layer and, optionally, (iii) a layer of particulate coke located beneath the charcoal layer, and wherein an upward flow of oxidizing gas is homogeneously passed through said multilayer arrangement during the incineration.