Preparation and Property Optimization of Backfill Materials for the Mining Industry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Sustainable Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
Interests: backfill mining; cemented paste backfill; rheology of backfill slurry; hydration product; alkali-activated materials; hydration mechanism; phosphogypsum backfill
Interests: resource utilization of solid waste from smelting; mining technology for complex and difficult-to-mine deposits; backfilling mining methods and processes
Interests: mining methods for complex and difficult-to-mine ore bodies; backfill materials; research and design of backfill systems; two-phase flow theory for gravity-fed pipeline transportation; hydraulic calculations for backfill pipeline transportation; backfill treatment of goaf areas; recovery of residual ore
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid waste-based cemented backfill technology serves as the core vehicle for achieving green mine construction and the synergistic disposal of industrial solid waste. The design of materials and control of their performance have become a research hotspot in the field of mining engineering. Given the significant differences in the physical and chemical properties of multi-source industrial solid wastes (such as mining waste rock, ore dressing tailings, metallurgical slag, and chemical waste), there are numerous issues related to the comprehensive performance of solid waste-based backfill materials in terms of rheology, strength, and environmental impact. This Special Issue actively collects relevant research papers (including reviews) on this topic.
Dr. Daolin Wang
Dr. Yan Feng
Prof. Dr. Qinli Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cemented paste backfill
- solid waste-based backfill materials
- cementitious backfill materials
- slurry thickening technology
- rheological and strength parameters of backfill materials
- optimization of aggregate particle size distribution for backfill
- leaching control of pollutants
- long-distance pipeline transportation performance
- groundwater environmental protection strategies
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