The invention discloses a process for efficiently and selectively separating
copper in lead
copper matte. The process comprises the following steps: smashing and
grinding the lead
copper matte taken as a
raw material and screening to reach below 80 meshes; sending the lead copper matte which is ground and screened into a leaching tank and leaching by using a
sulfuric acid; reacting for 3 to 5 hours at a normal pressure under the conditions that the oxidation potential of the solution is controlled within 450mV to 800mV, the concentration of
sodium chlorate is controlled within 200g / L to 500g / L, the liquid-
solid ratio is controlled within (5-15):1, the temperature is controlled within 70 DEG C to 100 DEG C and the concentration of the
sulfuric acid is controlled within 1.0mol / L to 1.5mol / L; and leaching the copper under an acid condition by taking the
sodium chlorate as an
oxidizing agent. During the oxidizing and leaching process,
sulfur in the lead copper matte is oxidized into elemental
sulfur which is transferred into slags, wherein copper which is oxidized enters the solution in a form of copper ions while lead remains in the slags in a form of
lead sulfate together with gold and silver. After the leaching process is finished, the
solid-liquid separation is carried out, so that the primary separation of the copper and other valuable elements is realized; a certain amount of
scrap iron is added into the leaching solution rich in the copper so as to replace the deposited copper, so that the spongy copper, which is a primary product, can be obtained; the leaching slags are sent into a pyrogenic
lead smelting system, so that the valuable elements such as Pb and Ag are comprehensively recycled.