Abstract:
Selected physical and chemical analysis of mine rejects and tailings have been carried out. Chemical analysis of the mine rejects and tailings revealed that both rejects and tailings are low in macro- and micro-nutrients. Hence, a search for plants thriving under low nutrient and other stress conditions was attempted. For this, vegetation survey on and around various mine rejects and tailings, and plateaus with sparse vegetation was carried out. This paper reports an exhaustive list of plants (ferns, herbs, shrubs and trees) screened out as probable species for revegetation of iron ore mine rejects and tailings based on survey studies.
