Acid mine drainage is characterised by low pH and high concentrations of heavy metal ions, such as Fe . In this paper, composite particles consisting of bentonite and steel slags are used to dispose acid mine drainage. Bentonite is an mineral material which has an excellent capacity to adsorb heavy metal ions. Steel slags are alkaline, an industrial solid waste commonly used in the treatment of acid mine drainage. The main influencing factors, including adsorbent dosages, shaking rates, concentrations of heavy metal ions, temperature, adsorption time and pH value are examined using a static experiment. The results indicate that the removal efficiency of heavy metal ions improves when increasing the adsorbent dosages and the concentrations of the heavy metal ions, speeding up the shaking rates, raising temperature, extending the adsorption time and increasing pH value. With a consideration of removal efficiencies combining with treatment costs, the optimum reaction conditions for the four types of heavy metal ions are obtained, which are an adsorbent dosage of 21 mg/L, a rotational speed of 120 r/min, temperature 25℃, adsorption time 100 min and initial wastewater pH7. The highest initial concentration of Fe , Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ were adsorbed and precipitated effectively. The research results can extend the practical engineering application of the composite particles.