The invention provides a process of recovering
copper smelting waste acid and white
smoke dusts. The process comprises the following steps: removing suspended particulate matters in the waste acid, regulating the acidity and the
redox potential of the liquid, and enabling ions including
molybdenum ions in the liquid to exist in a high positive
ion mode; then selectively adsorbing
rhenium by utilizing
ion exchange resin, after adsorption is saturated, carrying out
desorption to obtain a rhenate liquid, and carrying out concentration and
crystallization to obtain rhenate; using the waste acid after adsorbing the
rhenium for leaching the white
smoke dusts; treating the white
smoke dusts by adopting two segments of countercurrent acid leaching-
chloride leaching process, recovering valuable metals including
copper,
zinc and
cadmium of an acid leaching liquid, carrying out harmless treatment on harmful elements including
arsenic by virtue of a molysite method, recovering valuable metals including
bismuth of a
chloride leaching liquid, and selling
lead sulfate, serving as a main component of
chloride leaching residues, to a
lead smelting plant. According to the process provided by the invention, the
rhenium in the waste acid can be efficiently separated and recovered, the leaching white smoke dusts of the waste acid can be fully utilized, and the waste acid and white smoke dust leaching liquids can be comprehensively treated by utilizing a set of
copper recovering and
arsenic harmless
treatment system, so that the process matching ability is good, the comprehensive
recovery rate of the valuable metals is high, the waste
water treatment effect is good, the investment is little, the production cost is low, and the economical benefit is good.