The invention relates to a method for recovering
rare earth and aluminum from weathered crust
ion-adsorption type
rare earth ore lixivium
impurity-removal slags, which comprises the following steps: (1) adding an acid solution into the
impurity-removal slags, continuously stirring for 4-8h under the condition that the temperature is controlled at 10-70 DEG C, and filtering the obtained object so as to obtain
rare earth and aluminum containing filtrate and waste residues; (2) adding an alkaline solution into the rare earth and aluminum containing filtrate until the pH value of the obtained mixture is 5.0-5.5, so that an aluminum
hydroxide precipitate is generated in the filtrate, and filtering the filtrate so as to obtain the aluminum
hydroxide precipitate and rare earth containing filtrate; (3) washing the aluminum
hydroxide precipitate by using
clean water, filtering the obtained object, and carrying out low-temperature
drying on the aluminum hydroxide precipitate so as to obtain aluminum hydroxide or carrying out high-temperature calcining on the aluminum hydroxide precipitate so as to obtain an
alumina product; and (4) adding an alkaline solution into the rare earth containing filtrate, adjusting the pH value of the filtrate to 6.5-6.5, aging for 6-24h, and filtering the obtained product, so that a rare earth precipitate and filtrate are obtained, and washing, filtering and
drying the rare earth precipitate so as to obtain a rare earth product. The method disclosed by the invention is simple in process, rare earth and aluminum are recovered from weathered crust
ion-adsorption type rare earth ore lixivium
impurity-removal slags by using a cheap and easily-obtained
reagent, the
recovery rate is high, and the purity of recovered aluminum and rare earth products is high, therefore, the method has good
economic benefits.