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2023

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65
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13967
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2227
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Mostafa Benzaazoua is affiliated with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields such as civil and structural engineering, environmental chemistry, building and construction, water science and technology, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include mine drainage and remediation techniques, concrete and cement materials research, tailings management and properties, recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production, minerals flotation and separation techniques, metal extraction and bioleaching, and magnesium oxide properties and applications.

Below are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Mostafa Benzaazoua, with the year of publication and the respective venues:

  • Phosphogypsum recycling: New horizons for a more sustainable road material application (2020), Journal of Building Engineering
  • Exploring the potential reuse of phosphogypsum: A waste or a resource? (2023), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mine wastes based geopolymers: A critical review (2020), Cleaner Engineering and Technology
  • Mining Wastes as Road Construction Material: A Review (2023), Minerals
  • Elaboration of geopolymers based on clays by-products from phosphate mines for construction applications (2020), Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mostafa Benzaazoua include:

  • Yassine Taha (83 publications)
  • Rachid Hakkou (68 publications)
  • Abdellatif Elghali (46 publications)
  • Yassine Ait-Khouia (24 publications)
  • Isabelle Demers (20 publications)

Mostafa Benzaazoua has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Minerals Engineering (22 publications)
  • Minerals (18 publications)
  • Construction and Building Materials (9 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (9 publications)
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • A contribution to understanding the hardening process of cemented pastefill

    M. Benzaazoua;M. Fall;T. Belem

  • Design and Application of Underground Mine Paste Backfill Technology

    Tikov Belem;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Experimental characterization of the influence of tailings fineness and density on the quality of cemented paste backfill

    M. Fall;M. Benzaazoua;S. Ouellet

  • Chemical factors that influence the performance of mine sulphidic paste backfill

    Mostafa Benzaazoua;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière

  • Mix proportioning of underground cemented tailings backfill

    M. Fall;M. Benzaazoua;E.G. Saa

  • Integrated mine tailings management by combining environmental desulphurization and cemented paste backfill: Application to mine Doyon, Quebec, Canada

    Mostafa Benzaazoua;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Isabelle Demers;Isabelle Demers;Michel Aubertin;Michel Aubertin

  • Modeling the effect of sulphate on strength development of paste backfill and binder mixture optimization

    M. Fall;M. Benzaazoua

  • Cementitious backfill with high sulfur content Physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization

    Mostafa Benzaazoua;Jacques Ouellet;Stéphane Servant;Phil Newman

  • Microstructural evolution of cemented paste backfill: Mercury intrusion porosimetry test results

    Serge Ouellet;Serge Ouellet;Serge Ouellet;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Michel Aubertin;Michel Aubertin;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Experimental characterization of the stress–strain behaviour of cemented paste backfill in compression

    Mamadou Fall;T. Belem;S. Samb;M. Benzaazoua

  • Effects of curing and stress conditions on hydromechanical, geotechnical and geochemical properties of cemented paste backfill

    Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Curing time effect on consolidation behaviour of cemented paste backfill containing different cement types and contents

    Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière;Mamert Mbonimpa

  • Effect of curing under pressure on compressive strength development of cemented paste backfill

    Erol Yilmaz;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière

  • Relationships between microstructural properties and compressive strength of consolidated and unconsolidated cemented paste backfills

    Erol Yilmaz;Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Kinetic tests comparison and interpretation for prediction of the Joutel tailings acid generation potential

    M. Benzaazoua;B. Bussière;A.-M. Dagenais;M. Archambault

  • Coal mine wastes recycling for coal recovery and eco-friendly bricks production

    Yassine Taha;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Rachid Hakkou;Mohammed Mansori

  • A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

    B. Bussière;M. Benzaazoua;M. Aubertin;M. Mbonimpa

  • Valorization of Phosphate Waste Rocks and Sludge from the Moroccan Phosphate Mines: Challenges and Perspectives

    Rachid Hakkou;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière

  • Specimen size effect on strength behavior of cemented paste backfills subjected to different placement conditions

    Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Acid Mine Drainage at the Abandoned Kettara Mine (Morocco): 1. Environmental Characterization

    Rachid Hakkou;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière

  • Environmental desulphurization of four Canadian mine tailings using froth flotation

    M Benzaazoua;B Bussière;M Kongolo;J McLaughlin

  • Reactivity and mineralogical evolution of an underground mine sulphidic cemented paste backfill

    Serge Ouellet;Bruno Bussière;Mamert Mbonimpa;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • The use of pastefill as a solidification and stabilization process for the control of acid mine drainage

    M. Benzaazoua;M. Benzaazoua;P. Marion;I. Picquet;B. Bussière

  • Column test investigation on the performance of monolayer covers made of desulphurized tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

    Isabelle Demers;Isabelle Demers;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Mamert Mbonimpa;Mamert Mbonimpa

  • Phosphogypsum recycling: New horizons for a more sustainable road material application

    Mustapha Amrani;Yassine Taha;Azzouz Kchikach;Mostafa Benzaazoua

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Bussière
Bruno Bussière Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Michel Aubertin
Michel Aubertin Polytechnique Montréal
Erol Yilmaz
Erol Yilmaz Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Carmen Mihaela Neculita
Carmen Mihaela Neculita University of Quebec
Mamadou Fall
Mamadou Fall University of Ottawa
John Molson
John Molson Université Laval
Jérôme Rose
Jérôme Rose Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience
Jay G. Sanjayan
Jay G. Sanjayan Swinburne University of Technology
Heather E. Jamieson
Heather E. Jamieson Queen's University
Patrick Drogui
Patrick Drogui Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

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