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September 3, 2026CLEAN - Soil Air Water

Environmental Impact of Gold Ore Tailings: A Comprehensive Review on Ecological Risks and Sustainable Management Approaches

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MSM. K. SnehaMAMangalpady ArunaPKP. K.

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Overview

Review reveals persistent ecological risks from gold ore tailings alongside sustainable remediation strategies, highlighting integrated biological and engineering solutions for circular waste...

Key Points

  • To comprehensively evaluate the physicochemical characterization, environmental contamination pathways, ecological hazards, and sustainable remediation and valorization options for gold ore tailings.
  • Reviewed literature evaluating mineralogical, chemical, and risk-based assessment techniques across multiple environmental media.
  • Assessed biological remediation approaches, including phytoremediation and amendment-assisted techniques, alongside engineering valorization pathways like geopolymerization and sintered brick production.
  • Hazardous elements exhibit high environmental persistence and mobility, causing sustained long-term soil and water contamination.
  • Phytoremediation and amended-assisted remediation show strong decontamination potential but remain heavily dependent on local climatic and environmental factors.
  • Coupling biological remediation with engineering-based material reuse delivers the highest overall environmental sustainability.

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Sneha et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993547636c6408cfa7d58dhttps://doi.org/10.1002/clen.70269
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