GIANT VACUUM Sand-mining equipment extracts sand from the Bay floor to be used to make concrete and asphalt. (Photo courtesy ...

Concrete is the world’s most widely used building material – second only to water. Globally, more than four billion tonnes of cement are produced every year. Concrete consumption is so enormous that ...

Construction crews are literally dredging rivers dry while sitting next to infinite piles of worthless sand. That paradox might finally have a solution, thanks to researchers who figured out how to ...

DALTON — After nearly 50 years of complaints over airborne sand and dust from a local sand mine, a group of Dalton residents say they’ve had enough — and town officials may be ready to act. The Dalton ...