The invention relates to a method for recycling valuable metals in low-grade
nickel ore by using a chlorination
metallurgy process, and aims to efficiently extract valuable metals such as
nickel,
copper,
cobalt and
magnesium. The method comprises the steps of mineral aggregate pretreatment, two-stage chloridizing
roasting, screening separation, leaching treatment, chloridizing leaching,
iron removal,
copper removal, extraction separation, pH adjustment, electrodeposition and the like. By optimizing two-stage fluidizing chlorination parameters, selective separation of impurities such as iron and
zinc from
nickel and
cobalt is achieved, and tedious pretreatment is avoided. A
chlorine closed-loop circulation design is adopted, so that internal circulation of a
chlorine element is constructed, and
reagent consumption and
metal entrainment loss are reduced. The nickel, the
cobalt and the
magnesium are synchronously recycled through multi-
metal synergistic extraction and an innovative extraction-electrodeposition
coupling process, and particularly the problem of
magnesium recycling is solved. The method has the advantages of short
process integration, precise separation, cyclic utilization,
system balance optimization and the like, the comprehensive
metal recovery rate and
economic benefits of low-grade ore are remarkably improved, stepped
recovery of
precious metal and main metal is achieved, and the lean ore
resource utilization rate is remarkably improved.