Ore-sand is a step towards a ‘no tailings mine,’” co-author Pascal Peduzzi said. “Developing countries have few options for using recycled aggregate materials, given their more recent ...

Production at Europe's only underground sand mine is set to be doubled following new investment. Sand from Lochaline Quartz Sand (LQS) is used in making windows, glass containers and ceramics.

But this is no ordinary sand ... Nantz on the bunkers at Augusta National Those companies mine ultra-pure quartz to produce sand that is essential in the production of semiconductor chips ...

WHITEHALL, Wis. (AP) - A company that was once one of Wisconsin’s biggest producers of frack sand is liquidating one of four state mines. Hi-Crush Proppants in Whitehall opened in 2014 and had a ...