A new solution to the problem of dwindling sand

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A new solution to the problem of dwindling sand

Researchers are working with the mining industry to create a new source of sand – which at present is being mined at an unsustainable rate and might run out with a generation. Miners are being asked to extract sand from their ore processing, to help alleviate the global sand crisis. Researchers are calling for a paradigm shift, they call ‘nose to tail mining’, to extract sand by-products during mineral processing, but before it becomes waste. Th…