Sand Mining

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Is sand the new oil? The global battle for sand is getting ugly

[LONGREAD]By Nick Meynen. Dubai is a fairytale world. Back in 1995 a jeep brought me to a region where you do not want to run out of fuel: Rub’ al …

China, dubai, India, mining, Sand Mining, singapore

The Xolobeni Heavy Minerals Sands Project on the Wild Coast, South Africa

Introduction The proposed mining of sand dunes on the Wild Coast of South Africa, located within the Mgungundlovu and Amadiba tribal administrative area, was due to take place in the late …

heavy metals, mining, Sand Mining, south africa, wildcoast, Xolobeni

Building an economy on quicksand

By Jakob Villioth. Sand has by now become the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water. [1] The annual world consumption of sand is estimated to be …

consumption, extraction, sand, Sand Mining, sand wars

Social Metabolism and Environmental Conflicts in India

By Joan Martinez-Alier, Leah Temper, Federico Demaria. Abstract This paper explains the methods for counting the energy and material flows in the economy, and gives the main results of the Material Flows …

Bauxite Mining, Economic Growth, Environmental Movements, Material Flows, Sand Mining, Ship Dismantling, Urban Waste Disposal

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Tag: Sand Mining

Is sand the new oil? The global battle for sand is getting ugly

The Xolobeni Heavy Minerals Sands Project on the Wild Coast, South Africa

Building an economy on quicksand

Social Metabolism and Environmental Conflicts in India