Rice University researchers have uncovered a promising alternative to sand in concrete – graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product. This discovery addresses the ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...

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.

Engineers at RMIT University have developed an innovative approach to concrete that could yield major performance boosts in c ...

Aside from cement, concrete contains sand and stones. Those stones, or “aggregate,” are a carefully measured mix of various ...

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 ...

A leading economist says the economic benefits from a Northland sand mining proposal are so unclear, he questions how the ...

screen and throw the sand through the screen (their homemade sieve) before mixing. It is doubtful that one mortar mixer load of concrete is the same as the next one. Plastic buckets are used to ...

The sparkling sand being hauled to the Bucktown shoreline ... Jefferson Parish officials worked to remove some of the broken-up concrete scattered around the peninsula, before Pontchartrain ...