The invention relates to the technical field of
smelting waste residues, in particular to a method for recovering nonferrous metals from
smelting waste residues. The method comprises the following steps that S1, the
smelting waste residues are pretreated, specifically, the smelting waste residues are
copper smelting residues, and the smelting waste residues are pretreated to obtain mineral
powder; and S2, a collecting agent is prepared, wherein the collecting agent is prepared from orange peel,
warm water, ethyl
alcohol, oleoyl
chloride,
acetone,
triethylamine and
fatty acid methyl ester. In the
recovery treatment process of the smelting waste residues, by adjusting and optimizing the formula of the collecting agent and utilizing the surface activity capacity of
pectin,
polysaccharide and
terpene contained in the orange peel, the collecting agent is endowed with good mineral affinity capacity, and the collecting agent can be used for collecting
metal ions. The collecting agent can play a role in
wetting and dispersing in a flotation environment, so that the collecting agent can be firmly adsorbed on the surface of
copper minerals generated after melting, and the efficiency of flotation adsorption of the
copper minerals is effectively improved.