Possibility was examined of using spent solutions of sulfur dioxide gas sorbents, together with sodium sulfi te and pyrosulfi te, for conversion of iron hydrate wastes produced by copper-nickel industries to red iron oxide pigment.Effl uent gases from nonferrous metallurgy plants and exhaust gases of sulfuric acid shops are most frequently purifi ed to remove sulfur(IV) oxide by alkaline purifi cation methods and, in particular, by the sodium sulfi te-bisulfi te technique employing soda ash or its mixture with sodium bicarbonate as SO 2 absorbent. Spent chemisorbents have the form of a dry mixture or a solution of sulfi tes and are wastes that should be buried or utilized [1].In absorption of sulfur(IV) oxide by a soda ash solution, the following processes occur [2]: