Research Progress on Resource Utilization of Iron Tailings and its Development Trend in China

Abstract

The treatment of iron tailings has been a global issue, which has bought serious impact on the environment, it was considered to be a potential threat to human lives. In the present paper, the development situation of iron tailings utilization in China is investigated, the problems existed is analyzed and suggestions are provided, which are hoped to be valuable in the future research and the development of functional materials and products. Keywords: Iron tailings, resource utilization, functional materials, environment protection