The invention relates to a method for recovering valuable metals from
copper-
cadmium slag of
zinc hydrometallurgy, and belongs to the technical field of
zinc hydrometallurgy in nonferrous
metallurgy.The method comprises the following steps: primary leaching is carried out on the
copper-
cadmium slag to obtain a
cadmium-rich solution and primary leaching
slag; the obtained primary leaching slag issubjected to secondary leaching with a
zinc electrodeposition waste solution as a leaching solution to obtain purified
copper slag and a secondary leaching solution; normal-
pressure oxidation acid leaching is carried out on the purified
copper slag to obtain lead-silver slag and a copper-rich solution containing Zn and Cd; turbulence electrodeposition is carried out on the obtained copper-rich solution containing Zn and Cd,
metal copper can be produced at a
cathode after the turbulence electrodeposition, and a residual solution obtained after the electrodeposition is a copper-poor solution containing Zn and Cd; a part of the copper-poor solution containing Zn and Cd can be returned to the normal-
pressure oxidation acid leaching process, and after active copper
powder is added into the other part of the copper-poor solution containing Zn and Cd for
precipitation and
filtration, turbulence electrodeposition is carried out to obtain crude copper
powder and a zinc-containing cadmium-rich liquid with the copper content no more than 2g / L; and finally, zinc
powder replacement and alkali fusion
casting are carried out to obtain a crude cadmium
ingot. According to the method, the
storage problem of the copper-cadmium slag as dangerous waste is solved.