The invention discloses a tailings reduction furnace which comprises a furnace hearth, a furnace intermediate section and a furnace top, wherein the furnace hearth is provided with a molten iron storage zone and an iron discharging port communicating with the molten iron storage zone; the furnace intermediate section is arranged above the furnace hearth, and provided with first tuyeres and secondtuyeres; the furnace top is arranged above the furnace intermediate section, and provided with a charging port and a smoke exhausting port; the furnace top, the furnace intermediate section and the furnace hearth are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; the furnace intermediate section communicates with the interior of the furnace hearth; and a molten pool is jointly defined by the furnace intermediate section and the furnace hearth. The tailings reduction furnace disclosed by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages that the tailings reduction effect is good and the economic benefit is high.