With tightening domestic environmental protection policies,the treatment of pollutants in the gold industry is becoming more strict while the pollutant treatment technology is consistently improving and innovating on the basis of conventional technologies.This paper summarizes the current status of main pollutants and mainstream treatment technologies in the gold industry,and introduces the principles,advantages and disadvantages,selection methods and application conditions of various treatment technologies.The development trend and key points of the treatment technologies have been discussed to provide guidance for the research of pollutant treatment technology in the gold industry in the next 5-10 years.