The invention relates to a process for extracting
nickel and
cobalt from
laterite by ore pulp extraction technology, which comprises the following steps of: crushing and
grinding the
laterite; putting into a high-pressure kettle, and carrying out high-pressure acid leaching to remove iron; pouring into a mixing
settling extraction tank with a stirring and
settling tank and a baffle plate, carrying out 5-12 grade of extraction, back extraction and
phase splitting and washing to respectively obtain
mixed solution of
nickel and
cobalt, waste liquid containing impurities and the ore pulp; extracting and separating
nickel from
cobalt to respectively obtain pure nickel solution and pure cobalt solution; and precipitating and calcining to obtain
nickel oxide and
cobalt oxide products. The solution with
high concentration is obtained by extraction, the process is shortened, the liquid-
solid separation load and a number of washing and filtering processes are reduced, so that
energy consumption of production and production cost are reduced and the economic benefit is improved. An extracting agent can be used repeatedly after being saponified and has relatively low comprehensive consumption. The speed of the extraction process is high and is commonly less than 10 minutes. The extraction efficiency is high. The extracted ore pulp can be neutralized uniformly so as to reduce the treatment cost of
tailings. The process is simple; the
recovery rate is higher; and the nickel and cobalt
recovery rates are both more than or equal to 90 percent and the process is easy to popularize.