The invention discloses a method for preparing a 
ceramic material by virtue of 
copper tailings, and belongs to the fields of industrial 
solid waste resource comprehensive utilization and 
environmental protection. The method comprises the following steps of ball-milling and mixing 35 to 55 parts by weight of 
copper tailings, 25 to 40 parts by weight of steel 
slag, 10 to 25 parts by weight of clay, 0 to 15 parts by weight of 
feldspar, 0 to 10 parts by weight of 
talc and the like, and executing the procedures of sieving, 
drying, pressing or 
extrusion molding, 
sintering and the like to obtain the 
ceramic material, wherein the firing temperature is 1,080 to 1,160 DEG C. According to the method, the 
ceramic material is synergistically prepared from the 
copper tailings and the steel 
slag, and the ratio of the using amount of industrial 
solid waste to the total weight of the raw materials in the ceramic material reaches 65 to 85 percent, so that the industrial 
solid waste can be resourcefully utilized in large scale, and obvious 
social benefits and environmental benefits can be achieved; the copper tailings and the steel 
slag are small in 
granularity, so that ball-milling 
energy consumption in a ceramic material production process can be reduced; the 
sintering temperature is lower, so that the 
sintering energy consumption of the ceramic material can be reduced, and 
economic benefits are achieved; the method is relatively simple in process and easy to popularize and use.