The invention provides a process for separating
copper in a
nickel-
cobalt-
copper system by a
solvent extraction method. The process comprises the following steps: by taking N902-sulfonated
kerosene as an extracting agent, controlling the volume ratio of an organic phase to a water phase at (3:1) to (4:1); regulating the pH value of a material liquid to 2.0-2.5; extracting at
room temperature; and after carrying out clearing and phase separation on
raffinate, based on
sulfuric acid as a reverse extraction acid for the
copper-supported organic phase, controlling the volume ratio of the organic phase to the reverse extraction acid at (6:1)-(4:1), carrying out reverse extraction at
room temperature, and eluting a reverse extraction liquid to obtain a
copper sulfate solution. In the process, the N902-sulfonated
kerosene is used as the extracting agent,
sulfuric acid is used as a reverse extraction agent, copper is separated out of the high-concentration
nickel-
cobalt-copper
system in a
high selectivity and high reverse extraction property mode, and copper is output in a pure
copper sulfate solution form, thereby avoiding the retreatment and
recovery of
copper slag with a chemical method, and the
recovery of copper is high; and after
nickel-
cobalt raffinate with copper removed is subjected to
sodium jarosite iron removal, P204 deep
impurity removal and P507 separation of nickel-cobalt, nickel-
cobalt salt products are produced, thereby achieving the purification and separation of copper in a nickel-cobalt-copper impure material and the comprehensive
recovery of nickel-cobalt-copper.