Vanadium Extraction and Recovery from Industrial Slags and Ores
This research community focuses on the metallurgical processes required to isolate vanadium from industrial by-products like blast furnace slag and primary ores, specifically to recover the metal for use in alloys and energy storage applications.
The work centers on hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical techniques, with acid leaching, solvent extraction, and roasting being the dominant methods. Recurring themes include the recovery of vanadium from titanium magnetite and vanadium-bearing shale, often involving the separation of vanadium from co-occurring elements such as chromium, molybdenum, and iron. The literature extensively details the chemical mechanisms of vanadium complexes in solution and the optimization of leaching solutions using sulfuric and oxalic acids. Specific attention is paid to the processing of vanadium-titanium magnetite and the selective removal of impurities to achieve high-purity vanadium pentoxide.
The community is most heavily concentrated in vanadium research, representing 17.3% of all tracked vanadium literature with 6,117 papers. It also constitutes 2.0% of molybdenum research and 1.9% of bromine research.
The community comprises 9,274 papers, with the highest publication volumes found in Inorganic Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, and Hydrometallurgy.
Recent work continues to focus on optimizing extraction kinetics from vanadium slag and developing cleaner recovery processes. Newer studies also examine the co-extraction of vanadium with chromium and molybdenum from spent catalysts, as well as the environmental behavior of vanadium in groundwater systems.
Papers behind this description
- A review on vanadium extraction techniques from major vanadium‐containing resources — Rare Metals, 2024 — doi:10.1007/s12598-024-02721-w
- Research progress of vanadium extraction processes from vanadium slag: A review — Separation and Purification Technology, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2024.127035
- Vanadium in the Environment: Biogeochemistry and Bioremediation — Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 — doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c04508
- Hydrolysis, Ligand Exchange, and Redox Properties of Vanadium Compounds: Implications of Solution Transformation on Biological, Therapeutic, and Environmental Applications — Chemical Reviews, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00475
- Review of leaching, separation and recovery of vanadium from roasted products of vanadium slag — Hydrometallurgy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2024.106313
- A review on the roasting-assisted leaching and recovery of V from vanadium slag — Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.psep.2023.03.013
- Application and mechanism analysis of steel slag in resource recovery and environmental remediation: A review — Minerals Engineering, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109268
- Pyrrhotite-dependent microbial reduction and magnetic separation for efficient vanadium detoxification and recovery in contaminated aquifer — Water Research, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.watres.2024.121143
- A review of processing and utilization technology for vanadium shale resources — Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2025.135185
- Unraveling diverse survival strategies of microorganisms to vanadium stress in aquatic environments — Water Research, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.118813
- A review on the metallurgical recycling of vanadium from slags: towards a sustainable vanadium production — Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2021 — doi:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.02.065
- Processing of titanium-containing ores for the production of titanium products: A comprehensive review — Heliyon, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24966
- Freeze–Thaw Cycling Accelerates Microbial Reduction and Immobilization of Vanadium(V) in Groundwater — Environmental Science & Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c11332
- Recovery of iron from vanadium extraction tailings via calcification roasting-magnetizing roasting-magnetic separation — Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jece.2025.118097
- Kinetics and mechanisms of coal pyrolysis-gasification coupling for vanadium-titanium magnetite reduction — Fuel, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135951
- The influence of vanadium titanium slag and blast furnace slag on the properties of cement-based materials: Fluidity, mechanical properties, and hydration — Construction and Building Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144679
- Cleaner and efficient vanadium extraction from vanadium slag: optimal adaptation mechanism between calcification roasting and reductive leaching processes — Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146598
- Optimization and kinetic analysis of co-extraction of vanadium(IV) and chromium(III) from high chromium vanadium slag with titanium dioxide waste acid — Minerals Engineering, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109604