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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Waste By-Products in Asphalt Concrete Pavement Construction: A Review.

Nuha S Mashaan, Daniel O Oguntayo, Chathurika Dassanayake

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The Advanced Development in Concrete Materials.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nuha S MashaanMineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC), School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0331-4254
Daniel O OguntayoMineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC), School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
Chathurika DassanayakeMineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC), School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of mining by-products in bitumen and asphalt mixture modification has drawn a lot of interest lately since it can improve pavement performance while advancing the goals of the circular economy and environmental sustainability. Mining by-products such as steel slag, red mud, silica fume, and fly ash have demonstrated good results as sustainable materials for improving the chemical, mechanical, durability, and rheological properties of asphalt binders and mixtures while also reducing the environmental degradation brought about by the disposal of these by-products. This study reviews research efforts on mining by-products (specifically steel slag, silica fume, red mud, and fly ash) in asphalt concrete pavement construction, analyzing the existing research, with emphasis on their various applications in asphalt concrete, their benefits as sustainable asphalt concrete materials, and limitations connected to their use. This review concludes by providing future directions in the utilization of these mining by-products in asphalt concrete production. This review contributes to the development of cost-effective, eco-friendly, and high-performance road construction materials, helping the transition to sustainable infrastructure.

Indexed as

alternative aggregates and fillersasphalt mixturebitumenbitumen modificationcircular economyenvironmental impactmining waste

Identifiers

PMID40942518
PMCPMC12429551

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