The present invention relates to a method for producing a
metal by a direct
oxide reduction process with Ca. A CaCl2-based
molten salt containing Ca is held in a reduction chamber 1, a
metal oxide is introduced into the
molten salt in the reduction chamber 1, and the
metal oxide is reduced with the Ca in the
molten salt to form said metal. The metal formed in the molten salt is separated from the molten salt in a separation means 2, and the molten salt deprived of the metal is introduced into a chlorination chamber 7 and subjected to chlorination treatment with
chlorine gas to eliminate the byproduct CaO in the molten salt. The molten salt after chlorination treatment is introduced into an
electrolysis chamber 8 and electrolyzed for the formation of Ca and
chlorine from CaCl2, and the thus-formed Ca or Ca-containing molten salt is transferred from the
electrolysis chamber 8 to the reduction chamber 1. The
chlorine obtained in the
electrolysis chamber 8 is used in the chlorination chamber 7. Thus, the present invention provides a metal production method and an apparatus wherein high levels of productivity are obtained and the product metal can be inhibited from
carbon contamination due to CaO, without any generation of CO2 from the production process, while their being based on the direct oxide reduction process comprising the step of reducing a metal oxide with Ca.