looking at it through a screen made with sand, surrounded by buildings made with concrete. I could let you guess what's in concrete, but I suspect you're already catching onto a theme here.

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Desert sand is too smooth to bind to make concrete, so sand is taken from river beds such as the Mekong A crisis is engulfing the Mekong River, its banks are collapsing and half a million people ...

You cannot have concrete without sand. River beds are being dug up across Africa to fuel a building boom, with little thought for what this means for the health of the river, and those who depend ...

Engineers in Australia have discovered a new use for coffee grounds in the construction industry, significantly increasing ...

That strain is not from increasing demand for gold, diamonds, or copper, but for sand, the primary material for construction and hence for economic development. Concrete and glass are made mostly of ...

Boston Sand & Gravel Co. provides ready mixed concrete and aggregate products to the construction and landscaping industries in southeastern New England. The company offers ready mix concrete that ...

The Port of Kalama may get an unloading terminal for sand dredged from the Columbia River and other material used to make ...