Hydrotalcite-like compounds, also known as layered double hydroxides (LDH), from system Zn-Ni-Cu/Fe-Al/SO4 2- were obtained by co-precipitation at pH variable (increasing) using red mud (RM) as starting material due high contents of Fe3+ and Al3+. For this study, RM, previously characterized by XRF and XRD, was subjected to acid digestion with HClconc. and H2SO4 2N. For the LDHs obtained were evaluated influence of divalent cation, pH range of synthesis (pH 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12) and the theoretical variation of molar ratio r = MII/MIII (2, 3 and 4) in the crystal structure using the characterization techniques: XRD, FT-IR, SEM/EDS, TGA/DTA. XRF revealed that RM is mainly composed of Fe2O3 (32.80%), Al2O3 (19.83%) SiO2 (18.14%) and Na2O (11...