The soot generated in foundry sands is an impediment to the reuse of the sands due to its contamination, therefore catalytic oxidation is necessary to increase the rate of soot oxidation at lower temperatures, improving the energy and environmental efficiency of the recovery process. NiO-CeO2 mixed oxides catalysts were prepared by solvent evaporation method with Ni:Ce molar ratios of 0.5:9.5, 1:9, 5:5, and 9:1, represented as Ni0.5Ce9.5, Ni1Ce9, Ni5Ce5 y Ni9Ce1, respectively and the precursors as CeO2 and NiO catalyst were also prepared through the same method. All the samples were characterized by different techniques based on their chemical, structural, morphological, textural composition, and redox properties. Characterization techniques were N2 sorption (BET method), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), H2 temperature programmed reduction (TPR-H2), Raman laser ...