Mining, Minerals Processing and Metallurgical Engineering

Pilot-scale case study on vanadium extraction from vanadium-bearing shale using suspension oxidation roasting-curing-leaching process

  • 白 哲,何佳昊,王明星,韩跃新,孙永升,袁 帅,靳建平
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Mineral Processing, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China;
    2. School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China;
    3. Engineering Research Center of Frontier Technologies for Low-carbon Steelmaking (Ministry of Education), Shenyang 110819, China

Online published: 2025-11-04

Abstract

Addressing the environmental issues of traditional vanadium extraction methods from vanadium-bearing shale, a highly efficient and clean suspension oxidation roasting-curing-leaching process was proposed and semi-industrial trials were conducted. Vanadium in raw ore mainly exists in sericite, roscoelite, and limonite, predominantly in the forms of V(III) and V(IV). Under the conditions of a feed rate of 30 kg/h, an air flow rate of 28.0 m3/h, an O2 flow rate of 4.0 m3/h, and a temperature of 900 °C in both the suspension furnace and fluidized reactor, the vanadium-bearing mica underwent dehydroxylation and transformed into illite-montmorillonite. These changes disrupted the crystal structure of mica, facilitating vanadium extraction. Compared to direct acid leaching, curing- leaching demonstrates better performance in vanadium extraction. Under the conditions of curing temperature of 130 °C, acid dosage of 40 wt.%, curing time of 6 h, and leaching time of 3 h, a V2O5 leaching efficiency of 83.92% was achieved.

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白 哲,何佳昊,王明星,韩跃新,孙永升,袁 帅,靳建平 . Pilot-scale case study on vanadium extraction from vanadium-bearing shale using suspension oxidation roasting-curing-leaching process[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2025 , 35(9) : 3161 -3178 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(25)66873-7

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