Method for recovering valuable metals

Abstract

Provided is a method for recovering valuable metals that makes it possible to efficiently recover valuable metals at a high recovery rate. The present invention is a method for recovering the valuable metal from a raw material that contains the valuable metal. This method comprises: a preparation step for preparing a raw material; a melting step for introducing the raw material into a melting furnace and heating and melting the raw material to yield an alloy and a slag; and a slag separation step for separating the slag and recovering a valuable metal-containing alloy. The redox degree is adjusted in the melting step by introducing, as a reducing agent, scrap of a wound body, the wound body being an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound insulated from each other by a separator and carbon is used in the negative electrode.

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