The invention discloses a method for recovering 
nickel and 
molybdenum from a waste 
nickel-
molybdenum catalyst. The method comprises the concrete steps of firstly carrying out primary low-temperature 
roasting, then carrying out secondary high-temperature alkali 
roasting, and transforming 
molybdenum and aluminum components in the waste catalyst into water-soluble 
sodium molybdate and 
sodium metaaluminate; then carrying out water leaching and 
solid-liquid separation to obtain a 
nickel slag and an alkaline filter liquor containing molybdenum and aluminum; carrying out acid leaching, evaporative 
crystallization and 
solid-liquid separation on the nickel 
slag to obtain a nickel 
sulfate product; and adding a 
barium salt precipitant into the filter liquor to separate the aluminum and the molybdenum, obtaining a refined aluminum-containing solution, adopting a chemical 
precipitation method to obtain an aluminum 
hydroxide precipitate, and calcining to obtain an aluminum 
oxide product. According to the method for recovering the nickel and the molybdenum from the waste nickel-molybdenum catalyst provided by the invention, valuable metals in the catalyst is comprehensively recycled, three products such as nickel 
sulfate, 
barium molybdate and aluminum 
oxide are obtained, the valuable 
metal recovery rate is high, the product added value is high, and the method has a certain application value.