The invention discloses a method for preparing electrolytic
manganese metal with low-grade
pyrolusite wet leaching, which comprises the following steps of: after low-grade
pyrolusite is crushed and screened, mixing
slurry with electrolytic
manganese anolyte, adding
sulfuric acid to control acidity, and reducing high-valent
manganese insoluble in water into low-valent manganese readily soluble in water through a
redox reaction by using reduced
iron powder or waste iron scraps as a
reducing agent; controlling certain acidity,
reaction temperature and time, stirring and leaching, and then precipitating and filtering; purifying, decontaminating and separating a filter liquor to obtain a pure manganese
sulfate solution; and electrolyzing the manganese
sulfate solution to obtain an electrolytic manganese product, wherein the
leaching rate of manganese is higher than 98%, the
recovery rate of manganese is higher than 90%, and the purity of electrolytic manganese
metal is higher than 99.8%. The method has the advantages that the raw materials of the
reducing agent have wide sources and low price, the reaction time is short, the conditions of the leaching process are mild, the
leaching rate of manganese is high, the purification process is simple, and the process
route of the present
carbonic acid manganese ore for preparing electrolytic manganese
metal is not changed.