A process for recycling aluminum
hydroxide from a black material comprising aluminum, the process comprising, in a given order, the steps of: in a first leaching step, leaching the black material in an acidic
aqueous solution, thereby producing a first leach solution and a first leach residue; in a first separation step, the first leach residue is separated from the first leach solution; in a pH adjustment step, adding a first aqueous alkaline solution to the first leach solution, thereby pH-adjusting the first leach solution, producing a first pH-adjusted leach solution; in an Al / Fe
precipitation step, precipitating an Al / Fe precipitate from the first pH-adjusted leach solution wherein the Al / Fe precipitate comprises a mixed aluminum-iron
hydroxide and / or aluminum
hydroxide; in a second separation step, the Al / Fe precipitate is separated from the first pH-adjusted leach solution; in a second leaching step, the Al / Fe precipitate is leached in a second alkaline
aqueous solution, thereby producing a second leach solution and a second leach residue; in a third separation step, the second leach residue is separated from the second leach solution; in an Al
precipitation step, an Al precipitate is precipitated from the second leach solution, the Al precipitate comprising aluminum hydroxide, and wherein
carbon dioxide or
carbonate is not added to the second leach solution as a
precipitation aid; in a fourth separation step, the Al precipitate is separated from the second leach solution.