Aspects of waste recycling problems in chrysotile asbestos industry

In this article, research has been conducted using a patent-analytical review of various technologies in the field of serpentinite application and recycling of chrysotile asbestos industry waste. In particular, the scientific literature describes the prospects for new applications of serpentinites and waste from the chrysotile asbestos industry in agriculture, ceramics, catalysis, electrochemistry, as well as as an adsorbent, an additive in polymers, and a mineral for carbon dioxide capture is considered. A number of methods and technologies of using and processing serpentinites and waste from the chrysotile asbestos industry in different years by various scientific teams are considered. The analysis reveals the advantages and disadvantages of the scientific achievements available today for the use and processing of serpentinites and man-made waste from the chrysotile asbestos industry. Based on the review, the technoeconomic and environmental aspects of the problems connected with recycling of chrysotile asbestos industry waste through acid processing are presented and analyzed. The solution of these problems can open up new opportunities in diversifying production at chrysotile mining companies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and primarily in such countries as the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Based on the results of the research, a conclusion is formulated on the search for technological solutions for the use and recycling of serpentinites and waste from the chrysotile asbestos industry through their integrated processing as secondary mineral raw materials.

Abdrazakh Auyeshov, Chaizada Eskibayeva, Kazhmukhan Arynov, Alexandr Kolesnikov Aspects of waste recycling problems in chrysotile asbestos industry. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2024;(9):88-98. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2024_9_0_88.

The article was supported by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher in the framework of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan prepared with the financial support of grant financing of program-targeted financing of scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects and programs for 2023¬2025, Grant No. BR21882242.

Abdrazakh Auyeshov¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, e-mail: centersapa@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3504-9117,
Chaizada Eskibayeva¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Associate Professor, e-mail: yeskibayeva@internet.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8049-8851,
Kazhmukhan Arynov, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, «Aspan Tau LTD» LLP, 160024, Almaty, Kazakhstan, e-mail: tau_aspan@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1440-8248,
Alexandr Kolesnikov¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, e-mail: kas164@yandex.kz, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8060-6234,
¹ M. Auyezov South Kazakhstan University, 160012, Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

A.P. Auyeshov, e-mail: centersapa@mail.ru; kas164@yandex.kz.

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