Evaluating the Potential of Mine Waste for Construction Solutions

The project provides a consolidated evidence base to guide WA stakeholders on high-potential tailings reuse pathways particularly aggregate substitution in concrete supporting reduced tailings storage burden and enabling circular-economy outcomes. By clarifying technical trends, standards considerations, and key knowledge gaps (durability, leaching, and WA site-specific testing), the findings can help prioritise future research and de-risk pilot trials, with the longer-term potential to lower material costs and environmental impacts across WA’s mining and construction sectors.