The application discloses a method for recovering multiple metals from waste
lithium batteries, comprising the following steps: S1. mixing waste
lithium battery black
powder with a
magnesium-containing chlorinating agent, and performing
roasting treatment to obtain a
roasting product; S2. mixing the
roasting product with a weak alkaline leaching agent, and performing leaching treatment, and after
filtration, a
lithium-containing solution and a filter residue are obtained; S3. adding an
ammonia-
carbonate-
sulfite composite leaching agent to the filter residue to perform
ammonia leaching treatment, and after
filtration, a
nickel-
cobalt-rich
ammonia complex leaching solution and a
manganese-rich
solid residue are obtained; S4. sequentially performing heating and extraction treatment on the
nickel-
cobalt-rich ammonia complex leaching solution, and
nickel sulfate and
cobalt sulfate are obtained; performing
dissolution and
precipitation treatment on the
manganese-rich
solid residue, and a
manganese salt is obtained; through the synergistic
coupling of
magnesium chloride roasting and composite ammonia leaching, lithium is preferentially extracted, and the pre-activation of
transition metal phases is realized, so that the inherent contradiction that lithium efficient extraction and nickel-cobalt efficient leaching cannot be achieved simultaneously in the existing process is successfully resolved.