Method for smelting ferrovanadium

The invention provides a method for smelting ferrovanadium, which comprises the following steps of: preparing a mixture from 10 to 35 weight percent of lime, 15 to 35 weight percent of aluminum and the balance of V2O3 and/or V2O5; adding the mixture into an electric furnace and adding a predetermined amount of iron according to the requirement simultaneously; electrifying to melt materials in theelectric furnace so as to reduce the V2O3 and/or the V2O5 by using the aluminum, and discharging 80 to 95 weight percent of slag when the content of all vanadium in the slag is less than 0.2 weight percent; adding refined materials consisting of 15 to 35 weight percent of lime, 0 to 30 weight percent of iron oxide and the balance of V2O5 into the electric furnace according to the proportion of 10to 80kg per ton of ferrovanadium, refining, and discharging alloy liquid and refined slag when the content of the aluminum and vanadium in the ferrovanadium alloy liquid meets the requirement of a ferrovanadium alloy product to be produced on the content of the aluminum and the vanadium; and casting to obtain the ferrovanadium alloy product. By the method, 97 to 99 percent of vanadium recovery rate can be achieved, and energy consumption can be reduced.