Iron tailings are one kind of the largest existing solid wastes in China, and their stockpile is still growing rapidly. On the one hand, the pile of iron tailings not only occupies a large amount of land resources, but also has different degrees of environmental pollution and safety hazards; on the other hand, iron tailings are also a kind of valuable resources, and their reasonable comprehensive utilization can realize the transformation of waste into treasure, and also can achieve the maximum benefit and avoid harm. Therefore, it is necessary and urgent to carry out research on the resource utilization of iron tailings. Based on an in-depth analysis of the current situation of iron tailings utilization, this paper proposes feasible suggestions, such as strengthening the management of iron tailings resource utilization and providing technical guarantee for the development and utilization of iron tailings, strengthening the research on the high value-added resource utilization of iron tailings in mining enterprises and exploring new ways to increase the efficiency of iron tailings resources; attracting social capital to invest in the treatment and ecological restoration of iron tailings reservoirs, and so on.

iIron tailings  /  resource utilization  /  situation analysis  /  countermeasures