The invention provides a low-grade multi-
metal sulfide mineral selective
bioleaching technology. The process is as follows:
pile building is performed on the raw mineral materials,
dilute acid solution is adopted for presoaking, and efficient mineral leaching
bacteria are led in for leaching after the acidity of the mineral
pile is basically stable;
pile unloading is performed when the leaching of
nickel reaches more than 80 wt%, then pile building is performed again on the leaching residue, and thermophilic
bacteria are led in for leaching; and when the concentration of
nickel in the leaching agent is more than 2.0 g / L, open-cycle is performed on the partial leaching agent,
sodium sulfide is added into the leaching agent for
fractional precipitation, so as to obtain
copper sulphide,
zinc sulphide and
nickel and
cobalt sulphide products, after
precipitation is completed,
lime is added into the leaching agent for
neutralization, wherein concentration of iron in the neutralized leaching agent is less than 1.0 g / L, and the neutralized leaching agent can be reused at the leaching stage. According to the invention, technological process is short, equipment is simple, investment conservation and zero
contamination are realized, cost is low,
recovery rate of valuable
metal is improved, the purpose of comprehensively utilizing low-grade multi-
metal sulfide mineral resources is realized, and greater
economic benefits can be achieved.