The invention provides a separation and extraction method for
nickel and
cobalt in a low-grade
sulfide mineral
bioleaching agent through synergistic extraction. The separation and extraction method comprises the following steps: adopting a biological
alum precipitation method to perform iron removing on the
nickel-
cobalt-containing leaching agent, adding iron-oxidizing
bacteria under the condition that the pH is 1.8 to 2.0, utilizing oxidation of the
bacteria to oxidize
ferrous ions in the leaching agent into
ferric ions, and enabling the
ferric iron to form
jarosite-class
precipitation; adopting the extraction agent P204 to perform
impurity removing on the residual impurities in the leaching agent after iron removing to remove impurities including
calcium,
magnesium and the like; and using the compound extraction agent containing extraction agent P507 and Cynaex 272 to perform synergistic extraction on the leaching agent after
impurity removing, standing for
phase splitting for 30 min after extraction, and adding
sulfuric acid into the organic phase and performing reverse extraction to extract out
cobalt, so as to realize separation of
nickel and cobalt through synergistic extraction. The method provided by the invention can reduce
neutralization cost of pH value adjustment before extraction of the leaching agent, and omits the pH adjusting procedure when subsequent extraction
raffinate returns back to the mineral
pile, so as to simplify the technological process, and reduce the
neutralization cost and nickel and cobalt entrainment losses caused in the
neutralization process.