The present application relates to the field of
resource recovery, and discloses a method for efficiently recovering
sulfur and
zinc-silver from high-
sulfur residues obtained in
zinc hydrometallurgy. A large amount of high-
sulfur residues are contained in second-stage underflow liquid obtained by performing
oxygen pressure leaching. In the present application, a proper amount of
iron sulfate is first added to serve as an inducing agent,
iron disulfide in high-sulfur residues is converted into elemental sulfur, so as to increase the content of the elemental sulfur; in a flotation stage,
reaction conditions are controlled and an inhibitor is added, so as to improve a
recovery rate of sulfur, enable more metals such as lead-
zinc to enter
tailings, and provide a basis for further improvement of the purity of the sulfur; the
tailings and hot filtered residues are mixed with filtrate to prepare a
slurry,
ammonia water is added to the
slurry, a zinc-
ammonia complex method is used to dissolve zinc-silver, then a
silver mirror reaction is used to recover metallic silver, and finally a zinc-
ammonia complex solution is used to absorb and capture
carbon dioxide to prepare a basic zinc
carbonate product. The present application is simple to operate, has good application prospects, and overcomes the problems of a low sulfur
recovery rate in existing processes, an
impact on sulfur purification caused by the lead-zinc entering concentrate, a low zinc-silver
recovery rate and high recovery costs.