The invention provides a method for extracting
nickel and
cobalt through granulating and heap-leaching
laterite nickel ores. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly, breaking and screening raw ores to granulate until the ore is made into 100-mesh; secondly, granulating and curing: adding a binder and
sulfuric acid solution according to a certain proportion to granulate in a disc granulator, wherein the compound binder is a mixture of
sodium humate and water glass, the adding amount is 1-5% of the amount of core, the concentration of
sulfuric acid is 5-10% so that the
water content of the aggregate reaches 10-16%, and the
granularity of the aggregate is 5-20mm; and in order to ensure that the aggregate has proper
wet strength, the prepared aggregate is cured before heaping; thirdly, constructing heaps, and fourthly, spraying: spraying circularly or dropwise according to 3-20% of
acid concentration and 5-80L / m<2>.h of spraying strength; and when the concentration of a
nickel ion in lixivium reaches 1-3g / L and iron
ion reaches 10-30g / L, taking out the acid to obtain the lixivium containing nickel and
cobalt. The invention has simple and convenient technique, short process, small investment, low
energy consumption, favorable ore-penetration and higher nickel and
cobalt leaching efficiencies.