Abstract:Molybdenum is one of the important strategic metals, which is major produced from molybdenite with roasting process in production to yield MoO3 or ammonium molybdate. For the low molybdenum grade and high impurity contents of the non-standard molybdenum concentrate, which will cause the sintering during roasting, decrease the recovery of metals and cause pollution of environment. The main treatment methods of non-standard molybdenum concentrate were reviewed, which can be divided into two categories: concentrate purification and concentrate smelting. The extraction methods include roasting, atmospheric leaching and pressure oxidation technology etc. The pressure oxidation technology has a brilliant prospect for the advantages of high comprehensive recovery of copper, molybdenum and rehenium, strong adaptability of raw materials and no output of SO2 to pollute the environment in the process, which has a strong industrial application prospect.