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riversedge

(70,204 posts) Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:53 AM Jul 2017

Why are miners risking it all for India's building boom? Our investigation Drowning for Sand is out

I did not know this was a method for mining sand. very short clip to watch. sad.

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Why are miners risking it all for India's building boom? Our investigation Drowning for Sand is out tomorrow:

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Construction sand is not 'just sand' pfitz59 Jul 2017 #1

pfitz59

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1. Construction sand is not 'just sand'

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Tue Jul 18, 2017, 07:33 PM

Jul 2017

Its a particular grain and chemistry, depending on application. US sand mines use dredges and mechanical equipment. In India its seems labor is cheap, as are human lives...

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