Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world’s oceans every year, a new report says.

      • blazera
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        410 months ago

        Not the sand part, the ocean part. Weight is usually a major factor in large scale resource industries like this, why on earth would they want wet sand? Plus thats gotta be more expensive property to buy the rights to.

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          10 months ago

          Not all sand is equal. We dredge up ocean sand because the particle shape and composition is excellent for concrete. Other sand isn’t as good.