The invention discloses a method for extracting iron through reducing
roasting a
red mud in a
bayer process. A
chloride-containing compound used as a segregation agent, a
sodium-containing compound used as an
accelerant, an iron-containing compound used as a nucleating agent, a
calcium-containing compound used as a sulphur-fixing agent, and a carbonaceous
reducing agent are added into the
red mud;and according to the
mass ratio of the
red mud, the adding dosage of the
chloride-containing compound is 3 to 10 percent by weight, the adding dosage of the
sodium-containing compound is 5 to 15 percent, the adding dosage of the iron-containing compound is 3 to 8 percent, the adding dosage of the
calcium-containing compound is 5 to 12 percent, and the adding dosage of the carbonaceous
reducing agent is 5 to 15 percent. According to the method provided by the invention, a method for reducing
roasting the red mud is adopted, so that iron in the red mud is reduced into low-price magnetic matterswhich are gathered together under the action of a nucleating agent so as to form large-grained
crystal grains and be sorted through weak
magnetism. According to the method, the
metal conversion rateand a
segregation effect in red mud reducing
roasting can be remarkably improved, so that an effect on improving the iron
recovery rate or the grade is achieved.