Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd.

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Kyushu University

The University of Kitakyushu

Satoshi Asano

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Keiji Kudo

Hitoshi Ishida

Hideki Ohara

Hiroshi Takenouchi

Tatsuya Higaki

Yoshitomo Ozaki

Takayuki Nakai

Masatoshi Takano

Toshirou Tan

Shinichi Heguri

Kenji Takeda

Yukie Kawakami

Hidemasa Nagai

Hirofumi Shouji

Shin-ya Matsumoto

Naoko Kikuta

Shota Sanjo

Masushi Kasai

Yoshiaki Manabe

Harumasa Kurokawa

Masahiro Goto

Shin-ichi Heguri

Fukiko Kubota

Yuzo Baba

Osamu Ikeda

Yohei Kudo

Itsumi Matsuoka

Yusuke Senba

Hiroto Watanabe

Kazunari Maeba

Atsushi Idegami

Keiji Kudou

Noriyuki Nagase

Hideaki Nishihara

Takumi Matsugi

Kazuharu Yoshizuka

Syouhei Nishihama

Kaoru Terao

Katsuya Arai

Sadao Wada

Shinji Esaki

Yuuichi Yokosawa

Yasutaka Soeda

Ryoma Yamaguma

Shintarou Komori

Kazunori Takeda

Naoki Kubota

Masahiro Tanaka

Shin-Ichi Heguri

Shin-Ya Matsumoto

Ishida Hitoshi

Provided is a method for obtaining a solution having a high concentration of nickel and/or cobalt from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, in a waste lithium-ion battery. A method for treating an alloy comprises: a leaching step Sfor subjecting an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt to a leaching treatment by using an acid solution in the presence of a sulfiding agent to obtain a leachate and a leaching residue; and a reduction step Sfor adding a reducing agent to a part of the obtained leachate and performing a reduction treatment to obtain a post-reduction solution and a reduction residue, wherein in the leaching step S, the leachate that has not been provided in the reduction treatment in the reduction step S, is repeatedly used as part or all of the acid solution added in the leaching treatment.

Method for treating alloy

A method of manufacturing a cobalt-nickel-containing solution including: preparing a crude nickel hydroxide and/or a crude cobalt hydroxide as a starting material, the crude nickel or cobalt hydroxide containing cobalt and nickel and elements except the cobalt and nickel as impurities, the crude nickel hydroxide containing the nickel more than the cobalt, and the crude cobalt hydroxide containing the cobalt more than the nickel; a water-washing process for obtaining a post-water-washing crude hydroxide from the starting material; a leaching process for obtaining a post-leaching solution from the post-water-washing crude hydroxide; a neutralization process of subjecting the post-leaching solution to neutralization and solid-liquid-separation to remove the impurities as a post-neutralization residue containing one or more of iron, silicon, aluminum, and chromium, thereby obtaining a post-neutralization solution; and an extraction process of subjecting the post-neutralization solution to solvent extraction to obtain a post-extraction solution containing cobalt and nickel with the impurities reduced.

Method for manufacturing nickel and cobalt-containing solution from hydroxide containing nickel and cobalt

A method for treating a lithium ion battery waste according to the present invention is a method for treating a lithium ion battery waste using a converter furnace in a copper smelting process, wherein, prior to a treatment for charging a copper mat produced in a flash smelter in a copper smelting process into a converter furnace and blowing oxygen into the converter furnace to produce crude copper, the lithium ion battery waste is introduced into the converter furnace or a ladle that is used for the charging of the copper mat into the converter furnace and then the lithium ion battery waste is burned with residual heat in the converter furnace or the ladle.

Method for treating lithium ion battery waste

A method for producing lithium manganese oxide that is a precursor of a lithium adsorbent under atmospheric pressure is provided. The method for producing a precursor of a lithium adsorbent comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) A 1mixing step of mixing a manganese salt and alkali hydroxide, so as to obtain a 1slurry containing manganese hydroxide; (2) a 2mixing step of adding lithium hydroxide to the 1slurry and then mixing the mixture to obtain a 2slurry; and (3) an oxidation step of adding an oxidizing agent to the 2slurry, so as to obtain a precursor of a lithium adsorbent. The method for producing a precursor of a lithium adsorbent comprises these steps, so that a precursor of a lithium adsorbent can be produced under atmospheric pressure. Therefore, a precursor of a lithium adsorbent can be produced at a limited cost.

Method for producing precursor of lithium adsorbent

Provided is a method for separating copper from nickel and cobalt with which it is possible to selectively and efficiently separate copper, as well as nickel and cobalt, from an alloy including copper, nickel, and cobalt such as an alloy having high corrosion resistance that includes copper, nickel, and cobalt obtained by dry treatment of waste lithium ion cells. An alloy including copper, nickel, and cobalt is brought into contact with sulfuric acid in the joint presence of a sulfurizing agent, and a solid containing copper and a leachate containing nickel and cobalt are obtained.

Method for separating copper from nickel and cobalt

Provided is a method for separating copper from nickel and cobalt, which is capable of efficiently and selectively separating copper, and nickel and cobalt from an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt such as a highly anticorrosive alloy that is obtained by subjecting a waste lithium ion battery to a dry treatment and contains copper, nickel and cobalt. According to the present invention, an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt is brought into contact with an acid in the coexistence of a sulfurization agent, thereby obtaining a solid that contains copper and a leachate that contains nickel and cobalt.

Provided is a treatment method whereby it becomes possible to recovery copper, nickel and cobalt, which are valuable metals, contained in a lithium ion battery waste and to separate copper, nickel and cobalt from one another effectively. A method for treating a lithium ion battery waste according to the present invention includes: an alloy production step S1 of introducing the lithium ion battery waste into a furnace and then melting the lithium ion battery waste by heating, thereby producing an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt; and an electrolytic purification step S2 of subjecting the alloy to such an electrolytic treatment that the alloy is charged as an anode into a sulfuric acid solution and then electricity is conducted between the anode and a cathode to electrodeposit copper contained in the alloy onto the cathode, thereby separating nickel and cobalt from each other.

Provided is a method for producing solutions, by which two solutions, namely a high-purity nickel sulfate solution and a mixed solution of nickel sulfate and cobalt sulfate are able to be obtained at the same time from a sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, cobalt and calcium. A method for producing solutions according to the present invention uses a sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, cobalt and calcium and performs a first step Sfor producing a mixed solution of nickel sulfate and cobalt sulfate from the sulfuric acid solution and a second step Sfor producing a solution of nickel sulfate from the sulfuric acid solution in parallel. In the first step, the sulfuric acid solution is subjected to solvent extraction by an extractant, thereby obtaining a first organic solvent after extraction. In the second step, the sulfuric acid solution is subjected to solvent extraction by means of an extractant.

Method for producing solutions containing nickel or cobalt

The invention provides a method for recovering scandium from an acidic solution containing scandium. The method having [a] a precipitation step wherein sodium sulfate is added into the acidic solution containing scandium to obtain a precipitate of a scandium double sulfate; [b] a neutralization step wherein pure water is added to the precipitate of a scandium double sulfate to dissolve the precipitate of a scandium double sulfate therein, and scandium hydroxide is obtained by adding a neutralizing agent into the dissolution liquid; and [c] a re-dissolution step wherein an acid is added to the scandium hydroxide obtained in the neutralization step, so that a scandium dissolution after purification, in which the scandium hydroxide is dissolved, is obtained.

Method for recovering scandium

An aqueous cobalt chloride solution refinement method, in which metallic nickel is washed with an acidic liquid having a pH of not more than 2.5 before the metallic nickel is brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride. Since the metallic nickel is washed with the acidic liquid having a pH of not more than 2.5, a passive film on a surface of the metallic nickel is removed and therefore, when the metallic nickel comes in contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, an impurity more noble than the metallic nickel can be precipitated by a cementation reaction. In addition, since the metallic nickel is only washed with acid to be brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, impurities can be easily removed from the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride.

Aqueous cobalt chloride solution refinement method

An aqueous cobalt chloride solution purification method, in which impurities can be efficiently removed from a cobalt salt solution, includes bringing metallic nickel into contact with an aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride to remove an impurity by a substitution reaction, in which the pH of the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride is adjusted to not less than 1.5 and not more than 2.5. Since the pH of the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride is adjusted to not less than 1.5 and not more than 2.5, a passive film on a surface of the metallic nickel can be effectively removed, and the metallic nickel comes in contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, so that an impurity more noble than the metallic nickel can be precipitated by the substitution reaction. The metallic nickel is only brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, and the impurity can be easily removed.

Aqueous cobalt chloride solution purification method

A wet smelting method for nickel oxide ores from which nickel, cobalt, etc. are recovered is provided with which it is possible to reduce the consumption of an acid in leaching, such as sulfuric acid, and to recover valuable metals. The method comprises: step (A) in which nickel oxide ores as a raw material are separated into a limonite-type ore having a low magnesium content and a saprolite-type ore having a high magnesium content; step (B) in which the saprolite-type ore is subjected to normal-pressure leaching under given standardized leaching conditions using the pressure leachate obtained by pressure leaching in step (C); and step (C) in which the limonite-type ore obtained in step (A) is mixed with the normal-pressure leaching residue obtained in step (B) and the mixture is reacted with sulfuric acid in an acidic atmosphere having a high temperature and a high pressure, thereby conducting pressure leaching.

Wet smelting method for nickel oxide ore

Provided is a method for recovering scandium with which scandium can be efficiently recovered as high purity scandium oxide from a scandium-containing solution containing impurities such as iron without causing problems such as increased cost and safety problems. According to the method for recovering scandium according to the present invention, the pH of a solution containing scandium and iron (scandium-containing solution) is adjusted within the range of not less than &#x2212;0.5 and less than 1, then scandium oxalate is obtained by adding the pH adjusted solution to an oxalic acid solution, and the scandium oxalate is roasted into scandium oxide.

To provide a method for recovering lithium, that is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine, from a lithium-containing solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate and separated from a lithium ion battery. In the present invention, alkali hydroxide is added to the lithium-containing solution and the solution is made to have pH 9 or more, a precipitate of a phosphate and a fluoride salt is formed, the formed precipitate is separated and removed, and then lithium is recovered from filtrate.

Method for recovering lithium

To efficiently and selectively recover scandium from an acid solution containing calcium, magnesium and scandium. In the present invention, an acid solution containing calcium, magnesium and scandium is brought into contact with a scandium recovering resin impregnated with an amide derivative represented by the following general formula for an hour or more. In the formula, Rand Reach represent the same or different alkyl groups. The alkyl group can be a straight chain or a branched chain. Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or any group other than an amino group, which is bound to the &#x3b1; carbon as an amino acid. The amide derivative is preferably any one or more of glycinamide derivatives, histidinamide derivatives, lysinamide derivatives and aspartic acid amide derivatives. 

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