The application discloses a
beneficiation-
metallurgy combined method for comprehensively recovering
niobium,
silicon and
scandium from
niobium-containing
tailings, and belongs to the technical field of
mineral processing and metallurgical
engineering. The application first adopts one roughing and two cleaning flotation to obtain a
niobium rough concentrate, and then adopts
hydrogen-based mineral
phase conversion roasting to activate the niobium rough concentrate, and the
roasting product is subjected to acid leaching, so that niobium and
scandium enter into a leaching solution, and
silicon is enriched in a leaching residue; the leaching solution is subjected to
solvent extraction,
precipitation and
calcination to obtain a
niobium oxide product; the leaching residue is subjected to alkali leaching and pH adjustment to obtain white
carbon black; and the
raffinate is subjected to selective extraction to obtain a
scandium oxide concentrate. The preparation method has the advantages of low-temperature
hydrogen-based
roasting, low carbon and low
energy consumption, and can realize the step-by-step
recovery of three valuable products, realizes the high-value utilization of all components of the niobium
tailings, and has the advantages of mild
process conditions, a niobium
recovery rate of greater than or equal to 70% in the whole process, a scandium
recovery rate of greater than or equal to 60% in the whole process, a white
carbon black SiO2 content of greater than or equal to 95%, and good industrial application prospect.