Abstract:A great nurriber of tailings discharged by nonferrous metals mines are compound mineral resources which consist mainly of aluminiferous silicate and can be used as building materials and raw materials for light and chemical industry, etc. Among others, the tailhngs with various kinds of micro-component metals and appropriate silicon and aluminum could be used as raw material of microcrystalline glass and new materials. It is an advantageously scientific and technological field to put forward the utilization and development of tailings owing to the following advantages: utilizing mineral resources efficiently for the nonferrous metals industrial enterprises, improving the land management and natural environment, raising the comprehensive economic benefit and so on.

Key words: nonferrous metals    tailings   comprehensive   development and utilization