Highlights•Coal gangue has been applied in building material, energy, agriculture and other
industries.•Negative environmental problems cannot be ignored in the utilization of coal …

Ceramics are considered one of the greatest and earliest most useful successes of
humankind. However, ceramics can be highly damaging to natural and social systems …

Mining wastes, particularly in the form of waste rocks and tailings, can have major social and
environmental impacts. There is a need for comprehensive long-term strategies for …

Conventional bricks are made off from clay with high firing temperature or from cement
concrete, but these consume and emit high energy and have environment shortcoming like …

This study assesses the integration of circular economy principles in concrete technology to
mitigate the environmental impacts of traditional concrete production and promote …

The quantities of waste rocks and tailings generated by the mining industry have been
increased in the last decades. The accumulation and the surface storage of these mine …

Iron ore tailings and coal gangue powder are the main sources of industrial solid wastes, the
dispose of which has become severe and urgent with the increasing demand of …

Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect
the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was …

Eggshell waste is among of the most abundant agro-waste material discharged from food
processing industries. Despite the exceptional properties and several applications, eggshell …

Mineral coal reserves are distributed across all continents in more than 70 countries. The
extraction and industrial processing of these reserves generate large amounts of tailings …