This application discloses a method for recycling
wastewater from the hydrometallurgical process of
laterite nickel ore, comprising the following steps: high-pressure acid leaching of
laterite nickel ore is subjected to circulating leaching, CCD washing, iron and aluminum removal, and MHP
precipitation treatment, followed by
filtration to obtain a post-MHP
precipitation liquid; alkali is added to this liquid to remove
manganese, and
filtration is performed to obtain post-MHP
precipitation and
manganese removal
wastewater; the post-MHP precipitation and
manganese removal
wastewater is subjected to
ion exchange to recover
nickel and
cobalt, yielding an
ion-exchange liquid and a enriched nickel-
cobalt solution, which is reused in the CCD washing process; the
ion-exchange liquid is treated by extraction or ion-selective membrane treatment to obtain a
magnesium-rich solution and a
magnesium-poor solution; part of the
magnesium-rich solution is reused in the MHP precipitation process, and the remaining portion is evaporated and crystallized to obtain magnesium
sulfate; the magnesium-poor solution is subjected to bipolar membrane
electrolysis, and the resulting
sodium hydroxide solution is reused in the iron and aluminum removal and MHP precipitation processes, while the
sulfuric acid solution is reused in the high-pressure acid leaching process. This application improves the recycling rate of wastewater from the hydrometallurgical process of
laterite nickel ore, and the recovered intermediate products can be further purified or directly reused in previous processes.