The invention provides a method for recovering
copper from
bismuth concentrate, which comprises the following steps of: adding water into initial
bismuth concentrate for size mixing, not additionally adding an agent, and performing agent (
sludge) removal on the initial
bismuth concentrate by using agents such as a collecting agent and the like remained in front-end flotation operation and adopting a flotation method, so that residues at the bottom of a flotation tank are removed
sludge; carrying out
copper-bismuth separation roughing on a foam product obtained by flotation, and carrying out
copper-bismuth separation fine-coarse separation on the obtained roughed concentrate to obtain fine-coarse separation concentrate and fine-coarse separation
tailings; copper concentrate is obtained through two times of closed-circuit concentration of the concentrate and rough-separation concentrate, and
tailings are obtained through two times of closed-circuit
scavenging of the concentrate and rough-separation
tailings. According to the method, for the copper-bismuth-containing concentrate, the measures of flotation
reagent (mud) removal, bismuth mineral inhibition through combination of strong base and a high-efficiency environment-friendly bismuth inhibitor CD-B1, enhanced selective
recovery of copper minerals and the like are adopted, the copper-bismuth separation flotation environment is remarkably improved, the flotation efficiency of bismuth inhibition and copper flotation is improved, and effective separation and
recovery of low-grade copper in the bismuth concentrate are achieved.