A process for recovering a metal in the form of a metal halide from a metal-containing source is described, the process comprising the steps of: —(i) forming a solid metal halide containing product by contacting the metal-containing source with a gaseous halide in an oxidising environment and at a temperature below the vaporisation temperature of the metal halide of interest; (ii) heating the metal halide containing product formed in step (i) to a temperature at or above the vaporisation temperature of the metal halide to form a gaseous metal halide containing product; and (iii) condensing the gaseous metal halide containing product of step (ii) to recover the metal halide of interest.

The present invention relates to a reduction device using a liquid metal, which can improve the oxidation reaction of a reducing agent for reducing a material to be reduced using a liquid metal, while simultaneously effectively controlling the same. The reduction device according to the present invention comprises: a storage unit in which the liquid metal is supplied and stored; a reducing agent positioned in the storage unit; a reduction unit positioned on a side of the storage unit, which receives a material to be reduced and enables fluid communication with the storage unit; and a liquid metal storage unit. According to the present invention, a reducing agent, which has strong reducing ability, is sublimated using a liquid metal, thereby further improving the reduction capability, and the same is also controlled precisely, thereby removing restrictions on use resulting from the explosive reaction of the reducing agent, and guaranteeing efficient operation.

The present invention relates to a reduction device using a liquid metal, which can improve the oxidation reaction of a reducing agent for reducing a material to be reduced using a liquid metal, while simultaneously effectively controlling the same. The reduction device according to the present invention comprises: a storage unit in which the liquid metal is supplied and stored; a reducing agent positioned in the storage unit; a reduction unit positioned on a side of the storage unit, which receives a material to be reduced and enables fluid communication with the storage unit; and a liquid metal storage unit. According to the present invention, a reducing agent, which has strong reducing ability, is sublimated using a liquid metal, thereby further improving the reduction capability, and the same is also controlled precisely, thereby removing restrictions on use resulting from the explosive reaction of the reducing agent, and guaranteeing efficient operation.

Disclosed is a fuming furnace with a lead collecting and discharging function, the fuming furnace comprising a furnace body; the furnace body is provided with a hearth therein and a tuyere thereon; the bottom of the hearth forms a molten pool; the furnace body is further provided with a slag discharging outlet and a lead discharging outlet thereon; the furnace body comprises a furnace bottom water jacket and a hearth water jacket; the furnace bottom water jacket is provided with a refractory brick layer at the inner wall thereof; the refractory brick layer is provided with a lead collecting and discharging channel therein for collecting and discharging lead; the lead collecting and discharging channel is in communication with the lead discharging outlet, and the lead collecting and discharging channel is in communication with the molten pool via joints between the refractory bricks forming the refractory brick layer.

Disclosed is a fuming furnace with a lead collecting and discharging function, the fuming furnace comprising a furnace body; the furnace body is provided with a hearth therein and a tuyere thereon; the bottom of the hearth forms a molten pool; the furnace body is further provided with a slag discharging outlet and a lead discharging outlet thereon; the furnace body comprises a furnace bottom water jacket and a hearth water jacket; the furnace bottom water jacket is provided with a refractory brick layer at the inner wall thereof; the refractory brick layer is provided with a lead collecting and discharging channel therein for collecting and discharging lead; the lead collecting and discharging channel is in communication with the lead discharging outlet, and the lead collecting and discharging channel is in communication with the molten pool via joints between the refractory bricks forming the refractory brick layer.

A separating and melting system and method for a waste lead grid in waste lead acid storage battery recycling is provided. A drying drum is mounted on an upper end of a smelting apparatus, a dust remover is connected to an upper end of the drying drum by a flue gas duct, a lead grid turnover box is connected to the upper end of the drying drum, and a lead-containing liquid agitator passes through the drying drum into the smelting apparatus; a spiral feeder is mounted on the smelting apparatus and located in the drying drum, one end of a lead grid barrier plate is placed on the spiral feeder, and the other end of the lead grid barrier plate is placed on an inner wall of the drying drum; an automatic ash acquiring machine is mounted on the smelting apparatus.

A process for a producing crude solder product and a copper product includes the steps of providing a black copper comprising >=50% wt of copper together with >=1.0% wt of tin and/or >=1.0% wt of lead, and refining a first portion of the black copper to obtain a refined copper product together with at least one copper refining slag. The process further includes the steps of recovering a first crude solder product from the copper refining slag, thereby forming a solder refining slag in equilibrium with the first crude solder product, and contacting a different portion of the black copper with the solder refining slag thereby forming a spent slag and a lead-tin based metal, followed by separating the spent slag from the lead-tin based metal.

A process for a producing crude solder product and a copper product includes the steps of providing a black copper comprising >=50% wt of copper together with >=1.0% wt of tin and/or >=1.0% wt of lead, and refining a first portion of the black copper to obtain a refined copper product together with at least one copper refining slag. The process further includes the steps of recovering a first crude solder product from the copper refining slag, thereby forming a solder refining slag in equilibrium with the first crude solder product, and contacting a different portion of the black copper with the solder refining slag thereby forming a spent slag and a lead-tin based metal, followed by separating the spent slag from the lead-tin based metal.

A process for the production of a crude solder composition includes the provision of a first solder refining slag that includes tin and/or lead. The process further includes the steps of partially reducing the first solder refining slag, thereby forming a crude solder metal composition and a second solder refining slag, followed by separating the second solder refining slag from the crude solder metal composition, and partially reducing the second solder refining slag, thereby forming a second lead-tin based metal composition and a second spent slag followed by separating the second spent slag from the second lead-tin based metal composition

A copper containing fresh feed is added to step (ii), preferably before reducing the second solder refining slag.

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recovering copper, bronze and lead by allowing methane gas to flow into a reactor and heat-treating a mixture of copper oxide, tin oxide and lead oxide under a temperature condition of 700-900° C., and comprises the steps of: placing a mixture of copper oxide, tin oxide and lead oxide in a reactor; increasing the temperature inside the reactor; and allowing a reductive gas to flow into the reactor so as to heat-treat the mixture.