A method for synthesizing a zirconium complex includes setting a temperature of a mixed solution at a certain temperature or more to synthesize a zirconium complex, the mixed solution being obtained by mixing: an organic solvent containing an organic substance having water miscibility; a chelating agent solution in which a chelating agent is dissolved; and zirconium dissolved in an acidic solution.

A treatment process for crystallizing a metal sulfate involving pre-treating a feedstock comprising calcium, magnesium, and/or lithium impurities, the pre-treating involving pre-leaching the feedstock in the presence of a lixiviant, selectively extracting a first portion of any of the impurities from the feedstock, and forming a leached solution comprising an uncrystallized metal sulfate and any remaining impurities; and/or refining the leached solution and removing a second portion of any of the remaining impurities; and crystallizing the uncrystallized metal sulfate from the leached solution to form a crystallized metal sulfate. So processed, the crystallized metal sulfate may be battery-grade or electroplating-grade.

A process is described for the recovery of the chemical components of the “black paste” resulting from the opening of dead alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries.

A process is described for the recovery of the chemical components of the “black paste” resulting from the opening of dead alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries.

A process for extracting, recovering and recycling metals and materials from spent lithium ion batteries (LIB) that comprises the contacting battery waste products with a deep eutectic solvent, and leaching the metal from the battery waste product and extracting the metal into the deep eutectic solvent with heat and agitation. After the leaching and extracting, the process further includes recovering the dissolved metals ions from the deep eutectic solvent solution, followed by a step of regeneration of cathode materials.

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 invention relates to a method of recovering iridium in the form of iridium solutions, metal, oxides or salts from a body, such as a spent catalyst, comprising iridium oxides.

The present invention relates to a method of recovering iridium in the form of iridium solutions, metal, oxides or salts from a body, such as a spent catalyst, comprising iridium oxides.

THIS invention relates to a method of recovering metal values such as gold, copper, nickel, zinc and uranium from ores containing said metal values. The method includes the steps of crushing an ore (10) to provide a sand containing metal values with a P.sub.80 of less than 5 mm but greater than 1 mm; classifying the sand (12) to remove a finer fraction to provide classified sand with a P.sub.10 of greater than 0.15 mm, and a P.sub.90/P.sub.10 ratio of less than 25 and greater than 3, forming a heap (18) from the classified sand, and distributing leachant and air through the heap to leach the values from the sand in a pregnant leachate, from which the leached values may be recovered. The invention also relates to a heap formed from ore processed by this method.

The present disclosure relates to the use of a wetting agent such as a non-ionic wetting agent and a reagent comprising a thiocarbonyl functional group, for example, in a method/process or use for extracting a base metal such as copper from a material comprising the base metal. Such methods/processes can comprise contacting the material under acidic conditions with the wetting agent and the reagent comprising the thiocarbonyl functional group; and optionally recovering the base metal.