A comprehensive recycling method for a waste lithium iron phosphate battery relates to a waste lithium ion battery recycling technology, and particularly comprises: first selectively extracting lithium, and then using a lithium extraction residue to prepare iron phosphate, the using the lithium extraction residue to prepare the iron phosphate comprising: adding the lithium extraction residue to water to form a slurry, adding hydrochloric acid and stirring to react, so that iron is completely dissolved, performing solid-liquid separation, on the basis of iron and phosphorus contents of the obtained liquid, adding trisodium phosphate or ferric chloride, and then adding a sodium hydroxide solution to precipitate crude iron phosphate; and then performing reverse three-stage washing to remove impurities to obtain a battery iron phosphate product. The problem of environmental protection is solved and meanwhile, all of the valuable elements are recycled, and a relative cost is greatly reduced by about 25%.

A method, and systems in which such method may be practiced, allow for the separation of elemental metals from metal alloy. A metal alloy is atomized to form metal alloy particulates. The metal alloy particulates are exposed to an oxidizing agent, such as chlorine gas in the presence of a salt, such as NaCl, an acid, such as HCl, and water. The resulting solution may be filtered to remove particulates, reduced, filtered, reduced, filtered, and so on. In aspects, the method is used to refine gold alloy by oxidation of elemental sponge gold to gold chloride followed by reduction to pure elemental gold.

A method, and systems in which such method may be practiced, allow for the separation of elemental metals from metal alloy. A metal alloy is atomized to form metal alloy particulates. The metal alloy particulates are exposed to an oxidizing agent, such as chlorine gas in the presence of a salt, such as NaCl, an acid, such as HCl, and water. The resulting solution may be filtered to remove particulates, reduced, filtered, reduced, filtered, and so on. In aspects, the method is used to refine gold alloy by oxidation of elemental sponge gold to gold chloride followed by reduction to pure elemental gold.

A method of extracting lithium from a lithium-containing solution according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining a lithium chloride solution from the lithium-containing solution; and crystallizing and removing sodium chloride in the obtained lithium chloride solution.

A process for producing alumina and a lithium salt comprising the steps of: (a) calcining an alpha spodumene ore or concentrate to produce beta spodumene; and (b) (I) leaching beta spodumene from the calcining step (a) with an alkaline solution under pressure; or (II) sulphating beta spodumene with at least sodium sulphate and leaching said sulphated beta spodumene to produce a lithium containing solution and a zeolitic residue. The lithium containing solution is treated to provide a purified lithium salt and said zeolitic residue is treated to provide high purity alumina.

The present invention relates to the desulfurisation of lead-containing waste. In particular, the present invention relates to a method in which lead-containing waste is desulfurised to form a desulfurised lead-containing waste material which is suitable for recycling into lead or leady oxide. The method is particularly suitable for desulfurising lead-acid battery paste.

The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.

The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.

A method for the recovery of a precious metal from activated carbon fines which includes the steps of adsorption of the precious metals from the activated carbon fines onto a weak-base anion exchange resin which contains guanidine functional groups in the presence of at least one suitable lixiviant, or adsorption of the precious metals from activated carbon fines onto a mixed-base resin which contains amine functional groups in the presence of at least one suitable lixiviant and eluting the resin with a suitable eluant to produce a precious metal-containing eluate.

A method for the recovery of a precious metal from activated carbon fines which includes the steps of adsorption of the precious metals from the activated carbon fines onto a weak-base anion exchange resin which contains guanidine functional groups in the presence of at least one suitable lixiviant, or adsorption of the precious metals from activated carbon fines onto a mixed-base resin which contains amine functional groups in the presence of at least one suitable lixiviant and eluting the resin with a suitable eluant to produce a precious metal-containing eluate.