Research
Reviews bring together findings from many studies. The ore-sand report combines material testing with environmental and market analysis.
Looking for individual tests? Explore the use cases →Päivi Kinnunen and colleagues
Kinnunen and colleagues examine five approaches: reducing tailings generation, reprocessing, upcycling, downcycling and disposal that allows future use. Their evidence includes publications, project reports and a Finnish tailings inventory.
Read the summary →Vicente Zetola and colleagues
Zetola and colleagues mapped 1,096 Web of Science records from 2010–2024 using CiteSpace: 1,039 research articles and 57 reviews. The dataset was collected on 23 October 2024.
Read the summary →Ottávio R. Carmignano and colleagues
Carmignano and colleagues examine iron-tailings composition, particle properties, recovery routes and applications, alongside a survey of patent applications.
Read the summary →Shaker M.A. Qaidi and colleagues
Qaidi and colleagues examine mine tailings as geopolymer aggregates and precursors, including mechanical behaviour, durability, microstructure and thermal properties.
Read the summary →Hamid Reza Manaviparast and colleagues
Manaviparast and colleagues examine mine tailings as reactive precursors or fillers in alkali-activated materials, and the pretreatments used to increase reactivity.
Read the summary →Mohamed Moafak Arbili and colleagues
Arbili and colleagues review more than 80 papers on iron tailings in concrete, focusing on fine-aggregate replacement, fresh properties, strength and durability.
Read the summary →Artem Golev and colleagues
Golev and colleagues combine a Brucutu iron-ore case study, material tests, a screening life-cycle assessment and an analysis of possible sand markets.
Read the summary →Milad Norouzpour and colleagues
Norouzpour, Santos and Chiang compare mechanical, chemical, thermal and combined activation methods for carbon mineralisation using several types of mine tailings.
Read the summary →Sait Kursunoglu
Kursunoglu examines critical-metal recovery from mine and processing tailings, focusing on leaching, selective separation and purification in recent literature.
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