The world is running out of sand ... The major player for sand usage is concrete. Okay, just to clarify: cement is the lime and clay based glue that holds everything together, and concrete ...

"Aggregates (sand, gravel and rocks) are a granular material used in construction in many ways such ready mixed concrete, precast concrete, asphalt products, and structural (unbound) materials.

In fact, the UN says we might be running out ... we build in the modern world has a concrete foundation and you cannot make concrete without sand. We use an estimated 15 billion tonnes of sand ...

Residents living near a Berkshire Concrete Corp. sand mine in Dalton brought their concerns before the town's Board of Health, mustering a large enough crowd to require a change of ...

GREENFIELD — A 66-year-old Westfield man was found dead after he fell into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on ... joined emergency responders, running to and from the site with Home ...