The invention discloses a method for recovering iron, aluminum and
sodium in
red mud, which comprises the following steps: mixing the
red mud and an alkaline solution, and introducing
hydrogen into high-temperature and high-pressure equipment to react; carrying out
solid-liquid separation on the
slurry after reaction, and carrying out
magnetic separation after
solid-phase
grinding to obtain concentrate and
tailings; and adding a
calcium-containing additive
aqueous solution into the
tailings for
dealkalization reaction to obtain dealkalized residues and dilute alkali liquor.
Red mud, an alkaline solution and
hydrogen are stirred and reacted in high-temperature and high-pressure reaction equipment, (aluminum)
hematite and (aluminum)
goethite in the
red mud are completely converted into ferroferric
oxide, the purpose of extracting aluminum in the red mud is achieved,
solid-liquid separation is conducted on
slurry after the reaction, ferroferric
oxide in a solid phase is separated through
magnetic separation, and the
iron content in concentrate is high; the method can cooperate with large-scale absorption in the iron and steel industry, and also considers
recovery of iron minerals; comprehensive
recovery of iron, aluminum and
sodium in the red mud is realized, and the method has the
advantage of environmental friendliness.